What is a Community Health Worker (CHW)? A CHW works within a community as a frontline agent of change, helping people navigate the healthcare system, incorporate health behavior change into their ...

What if fire and EMS services could do more than respond to emergencies? What if they could prevent them, protect their people, and enhance the health of communities? Community health programs are ...

The college offers two online Master of Science programs: Population and Community Health Practice and Sport and Human Performance. These programs aim to address rising demands for public health and ...

Students receive community health worker training at Central Oregon Community College's Redmond campus during the pandemic in 2022. This spring, Central Oregon Community College’s Madras campus will ...

A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some ...

Director of the Community Health Program (CHP) Edith Balbach, a senior lecturer known for her unique ability to simultaneously amuse, engage and inspire students in her 200-person Introduction to ...

As a student in one of SLU’s public health programs, you’ll: Learn from some of the nation's foremost public health researchers and participate in high-profile, vital research. Get hands-on ...