The Public Health Outreach, Education and Collaborations Unit (PHOEC)

The Public Health Outreach, Education and Collaboration (PHOEC) unit brings together the unique expertise of two key community engagement strategies in CCHS, the Healthy Neighborhoods Project and the Partnership for the Public's Health Initiative. PHOEC provides expertise in grassroots community mobilizing, resident leadership development and building health department-community partnerships to solve complex public health problems.

PHEOC supports CCHS and community residents to work together on community-identified health priorities by:

• Building the capacity of multicultural, under-resourced communities to identify and mobilize around their own public health concerns
• Developing the skills of the health department and others to respond to and work effectively with these communities
• Creating and institutionalizing pathways for jointly determining public health priorities and developing innovative and appropriate multicultural solutions
• Providing technical assistance and consultation to other local health departments on community engagement approaches

Upon request and as resources permit, PHOEC staff is available to make presentations, conduct trainings and provide technical assistance to health departments and collaborative partners on community engagement strategies in public health. We welcome invitations to present our work at statewide or regional conferences or meetings. Our philosophy is to promote peer learning and a mutual exchange of ideas as we work with others in the public health community to develop and share best practices.

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