Service Delivery Programs

The Department is actively involved in providing high-quality health care to the residents of the communities around the School of Public Health: Washington Heights, Inwood, and Harlem, and to communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Our programs address a wide range of health issues, from early childhood interventions at the Head Start Programs, to STI/HIV education and prevention at the Young Men's Clinic and the Family Planning Center, to averting maternal death in communities abroad.

Health services are incorporated into local schools, community based organizations, and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, as well as at freestanding clinics. The network of health care services created by the department allows us to contribute to our neighborhood, and beyond. It also directly informs the education we provide. Research and education projects are carried out within the clinics, where many Heilbrunn students complete their practica, through which they learn valuable skills, while assisting clinics/projects to design, evaluate, or deliver services.

Currently, the programs of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health include:

	Center for Community Health and Education
	Family Planning Center
	The Young Men's Clinic
	In Your Face Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
	Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs
	Columbia University Head Start and Early Head Start
	Averting Maternal Death and Disability Project
	Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative