Center for Community Health and Evaluation
The Center for Community Health and Evaluation (CCHE) designs and evaluates health-related programs and initiatives throughout the United States. Much of CCHE's experience comes from its evaluation of multi-site community-level interventions with an emphasis on implementation and outcomes. Formerly the evaluation team of the Group Health Community Foundation, CCHE is now part of the Group Health Center for Health Studies.
CCHE specializes in matching evaluation strategies to the needs of stakeholders, including the community, program staff, clinicians, and policy-makers. Highly interdisciplinary, CCHE has designed health promotion interventions, evaluated both large and small health-related initiatives, organized national conferences, and published widely.
Recent CCHE work has focused on chronic disease prevention and assessment of sustained, broad-based community participation. Clients include foundations, local, state and federal government agencies, national voluntary organizations, universities, and community-based nonprofits.
CCHE News
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has recognized the Children's Access Fund, Group Health's landmark $2 million gift to connect uninsured Washington kids with coverage and care, with an honorable mention for distinguished community leadership. The award was announced at AHIP’s annual meeting, June 3–5 in San Diego, CA. The Children's Access Fund supports a network of partnerships to improve low-income families' ability to enroll in federal and state health insurance programs and ensure that their children obtain appropriate primary care.
Each year, academic and philanthropic leaders examine the vast array of services offered by AHIP member companies and choose the very best to be honored. The Community Leadership Awards showcase organizations that demonstrate excellence in community outreach by identifying a specific problem in the community, establishing creative approaches to address the problem, and successfully leading community partnerships toward collaborative solutions. CCHE was responsible for implementing and evaluating the Children’s Access Fund in areas of the state outside of King County. For more information, contact Bill Beery, beery.b@ghc.org.
Evidence. Equity. Empowerment. Evolution.
Presentations and audio recordings from the July 9, 2008 Los Angeles conference on public health-community partnerships are available for download. The conference was sponsored by The California Endowment and organized by CCHE. For more information, please contact Clarissa Hsu, hsu.c@ghc.org.