The Consortium Of African-American Public Health Programs

CAAPHP is the acronym for the Consortium of African American Public Health Programs. CAAPHP is a group of seven public health programs/schools that are housed at the nation’s premiere Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The Consortium is the sum of its significant parts. CAAPHP’s member-institutions include three of the nation’s leading medical schools for training African American physicians, nurses and public health professionals and four graduate programs/schools that address inequalities that diminish the lives and restrain the potential of our communities.

RESEARCH/TRAINING

In June 2009, CAAPHP conducted a training workshop at FAMU for all CAAPHP-members in Florida.
In 2008, CAAPHP received an STD training and education grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far, the Consortium has completed a survey of STD knowledge, attitude and behavior within two of the four medical schools involved in the research.
In 2006, USAID funded the Ghana Reproductive Health Faculty Training and the Tanzania Adolescent Health Program.

Outcomes included:

Faculty Development and Networking
Development of MOU’s with the Ghana School of Public Health and the Tanzania School of Public Health
Curricula Redesign in Reproductive and Adolescent Health

In 2004, CAAPHP received funding from the following:

The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA/CSREES

Planning grant received to conduct initial research on a multi-site, multi-state nutrition-based applied obesity research proposal. The goal of the study was to increase: (i) public housing residents’ participation in Federally-Funded Food Assistance Nutrition Programs (FFFANP); (ii) the efficacy of the FFFANP by providing reinforcing health promotion diet and physical activity interventions; and (iii) the ability of public housing residents to manage their food budget so as to achieve the economic benefit from participating in the federal programs.

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Agency (SAMHSA)

Received funding to include substance abuse and mental health in the curriculum of public health programs at HBCU’s. This project involved identifying core components of public health programs necessary for the successful integration into medical schools and public health training programs and increasing the professional development and research capabilities of HBCU faculty.