Community-Engaged Learning

Education is highly valued by the Center for Community Health & Prevention (CCHP). We offer educational experiences to students at all levels of training, from undergraduate students, to masters, and doctoral students. Our goal is to give all students valuable experience in the world of community health, so that they may better use their skills and education to improve the health of their communities. 

Are you a student interested in an educational experience with the Center for Community Health & Prevention? 

You may qualify for an unpaid academic internship. The CCHP provides opportunities for unpaid academic internships to students in multiple areas of community health, including healthy living initiatives and education programs, disease surveillance and prevention, and health policy.

Interested in learning more? Please contact Carolyn Settle, MPH, health education coordinator. Please do not contact the individual program managers at the CCHP.

Do you want to learn more about community engagement?

The CCHP Director of Community Health Education and Policy, Theresa Green, MBA, PhD, has created a free online learning course (Massive Online Open Course or MOOC) called Community Engagement in Research and Population Health.

This self-paced course allows learners to explore the importance of engaging the community as researchers, educators and managers to improve the health of our population. Learn how health systems are changing to better measure and address community needs, both inside and outside of healthcare delivery. In this course, participants will gain an understanding of the changing landscape of the health system, learn how delivery systems work together to plan health improvement, and how effective community-based participation in research and intervention is crucial to developing effective solutions.

How to Conduct Effective Community-Engaged Learning

A third edition of Principles of Community Engagement was published in 2025 as a collaboration among the CTSA Program, NIH, ATSDR, and CDC, with 165 authors spanning community organizations, academia, and federal agencies.

The University of Rochester Medical Center Community Advisory Board developed the Guiding Principles for Community Engagement, which were approved in September 2008.