Center for the Study of Community Health

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The UAB Center for the Study of Community Health was established in 1993 and is one of the 26 Prevention Research Centers across the US funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Center focuses on reducing health risks among underserved populations throughout the state of Alabama and plays a leading role in the development of community-based participatory research at UAB.

The Center has a defined rural region (Black Belt) and urban setting (Birmingham) as its geographic focus. Two primary community partnerships have developed as a result of the Centers educational, research, and service activities in communities that make up these regions. With support from the Center, both the West Central Alabama Community Health Improvement League and Congregations for Public Health formed infrastructures that enabled them to become designated 501(c)3 organizations.

It is associated with the UAB School of Public Health and is located at 1665 University Boulevard in the Ryals Public Health Building.

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