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Mon, 08/03/2020

Dr. Jomella Watson-Thompson is the featured guest on American Public Square at Jewell's "Both Sides."

Dr. Watson-Thompson discusses Thryve, a community-level approach to preventing youth violence. Dr. Thompson is the principal investigator for Thryve, whose goal is to improve youth outcomes by coordinating community and system-level efforts to address risk and protection factors. Listen here. ...

Wed, 07/08/2020

Researchers Join with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health to Monitor and Evaluate COVID-19 Response

Our center is partnering with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health and other community organizations to evaluate the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CCHD team is leading systematic documentation of policy, systems, and environmental changes meant to combat the spread of coronavirus in the county. ...

Tue, 06/09/2020

KU Researchers Lead Effort to Monitor, Evaluate COVID-19 Response in 47 African Countries

The project — in partnership with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa — is led by the CCHD, a designated WHO Collaborating Centre since 2004. The monitoring system is designed to capture and communicate COVID-19 response activities, such as programs and policies related to infection-control and risk communication,...

Tue, 06/09/2020

KDHE Maternal and Child Health Opportunity Project Launches

Steve Fawcett and Christina Holt are collaborating with colleagues at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to build capacity and jump start health equity efforts in the state. A Health Opportunity RFA has just been released, paired with free technical support through the new Kansas Healthy Communities Action Toolkit. ...

Wed, 11/14/2018

KU’s WHO Collaborating Centre at the Regional Meeting of Mayors in Santiago de Cuba

Steve Fawcett represented KU’s WHO Collaborating Centre at the Regional Meeting of Mayors from Healthy Municipalities in the Americas, held in Santiago de Cuba on 6-7 November 2018. Pictured with Dr. Gerry Eijkemans, Director, and Micaela Pereira, Consultant, Health Promotion and Social Determinants of Health Unit of the Pan American...

Wed, 11/14/2018

Health Summit Panel Discussion Hosted by the KU Center

Stephen Fawcett, senior advisor for the KU Center, facilitated a panel discussion about the state of public health in Kansas. From his left, panelists were: Dr. Robert Moser, executive director of the KU Health System Collaborative; Dr. Bob St. Peter, president and CEO of the Kansas Health Institute; and Dr. ...

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