Columbia University
Harlem Health Promotion Center

Comprehensive Center

First funded: 1990

Center’s Web site

Core Research Focus

Reducing hypertension in African-American adults living in Harlem

 

Core Research Projects

Current (2010–2014)
Project description to be posted.

Past (1990-2009)
Creating Digital Partners for Health
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
Enhancing Electronic Medical Records to Help Patients and Practitioners Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease

 

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