Welcome to the UCSF Department of Community Health Systems
"Advancing Health Worldwide Through Community Partnerships"

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Department of Community Health Systems is to promote and sustain health in the community and workplace, with particular emphasis on culturally diverse and high-risk populations. We are committed to improving health and health care for those served by community-based health care systems through educating culturally competent nurses, conducting research, and providing services in the community which address the health issues of those underserved by the traditional institution-based health care system.

Education Mission

To prepare students from culturally diverse backgrounds to assume leadership roles in nursing clinical practice, administration, teaching, and research.               more info

Research Mission

To advance knowledge and theory through research. To design and evaluate the organization, financing, and delivery of health care. To generate and test innovative professional educational models.               more info

Service Mission

To advance knowledge and theory through research. To design and evaluate the organization, financing, and delivery of health care. To generate and test innovative professional educational models.               more info

News/Events/Highlights

Grants Awarded:

Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, is receiving a grant from the US Department of Homeland Security's Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program entitled "Reducing Occupational Hearing Impairment in Firefighters". The purpose of this 3 year, $1 million research program is to develop and evaluate a theory-driven, tailored, internet-based hearing protection intervention (NOISE-e) to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in firefighters.

HRSA has awarded Beth Phoenix, RN, PhD, an Advanced Education Nursing grant entitled "Improving Access and Quality of Depression Care Through Collaboration" for a total of $1.2 million over three years. The purpose of this project is to improve clinical training in care of patients with depression and prepare graduates to institute quality improvements for depression care, especially in underserved settings.

Pat Dennehy, RN, MS, FNP, has been awarded a grant entitled "Expansion of the Glide Health Services Nurse-Managed Health Center". This grant will expand and enhance the primary health care services to a medically underserved, high-risk, predominately homeless, client population at Glide Health Services. This HRSA Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grant is for 5 years at a total of $2.75 million.

Congratulations to Carol Dawson-Rose, RN, PhD, CPHN, Associate Professor, who has been selected for the new global health faculty position in the Advanced Community Health and International Nursing (ACHIN) Program.