Columbia University
Harlem Health Promotion Center
Center’s Web site*
First funded: 1990
Core Research Focus
Developing a tailored Web site to improve communications to promote the health of low-income minority communities.
Core Research Projects
Current (2004–2009)
Creating
Digital Partners for Health
Developing and testing an Internet-based, health information website in
Harlem.
Principal Investigators:
Alwyn T. Cohall, atc1@columbia.edu
Rita Kukafka,
rita.kukafka@dmi.columbia.edu
Past (1990-2004)
School Health Program
Helps Parents and Teens Learn About Adolescent Health Risks
Special Interest Projects (SIPs) by Focus Area
Asthma | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 21-1999 | Detecting Asthma and Managing its Symptoms in Children from Low-Income Families |
Cancer | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 06-2000 | Treating Lethal and Debilitating Illnesses with Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
Community Health |
|
|---|---|
| SIP# 10-1999 | Assessing Compliance with CDC’s New Flouride Recommendations |
| SIP# 20-1999 | Providing Community Services for Injection Drug Users in Harlem |
Oral Health | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 10-1999 | Assessing Compliance with CDC’s New Flouride Recommendations |
| SIP# 01-2001 | Communitywide Strategies to Promote Oral Health |
| SIP# 01-2004 | Addressing Oral Health Care Needs of Homebound Elderly in Northern Manhattan |
Training
& Technical Assistance | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 26-1999 | Minority Traineeships Help Reduce Health Disparities |
Tobacco
Prevention & Control | |
|---|---|
| SIP# 16-1999 | Network to Enhance Tobacco Control Activities |
| SIP# 12-2002 | Preventing Tobacco Use Among African American Women |
Other Projects
Contact Information
Center
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health
Harlem Health Promotion Center
215 W. 125th Street, 1st Floor
New York, NY 10027
Principal Investigator
Alwyn T. Cohall, MD
Phone: (646) 284-9725
Fax: (646) 284-9729
E-Mail: atc1@columbia.edu
Co-Principal Investigator
Rita Kukafka, DrPH
Phone: (212) 305-9193
E-mail: rk326@columbia.edu
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- Page last reviewed: December 10, 2007
- Page last updated: December 10, 2007
- Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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