The Center for African American Health, Research, Education, & Policy takes a collaborative approach to systematically addressing the major problems impacting African Americans. Because of the expert disciplines available at Cleveland State University, we take an inter-professional approach to improving the health, education, social, economic and cultural standing of African Americans.

This Center is the first in the country and a unique collaboration of multiple colleges banding together to address the fundamental problems impacting African American health. Each profession contributing their distinctive perspective but working collaboratively toward a common goal: to substantively improve the health, education, and social standing of African Americans through research and wide-ranging policy development.

This initiative includes:

• Establishing a central administrative locus for matters related to the research, education, health, social and legal issues for African Americans.

• Making significant advances in research impacting the social determinants of health through thoughtful policy advancement decreasing poverty, disadvantage, incarceration, and related bias while increasing justice and equity.

• Improving healthcare delivery to African American patients by emphasizing patient-centered care and cultural competence.

• Improving African American literacy (health and otherwise) through the development of culturally specific educational media tools.

Thank you for your support!