Community Outreach

The Office of Community Health (OCH) collaborates with community partners to identify how Stanford's academic programs and resources may support their organization's needs. The OCH serves as a centralized resource to facilitate communication between students, faculty, and community partners regarding collaborative community health projects.

The OCH uses resources from Community-Campus Partnerships in Health as a guide for establishing and maintaining strong community partnership principles. In addition, the Office has developed recommended guidelines for engaging in community partnerships that are used in several service-learning courses.

The OCH is very grateful to have partners who support its mission to foster and support community-responsive scholarship, advocacy, and public service aimed at improving the health of underserved populations.

The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University is the first non-profit organization in the United States that addresses the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asians and Asian Americans. Founded in 1996, the center uses a three-pronged approach towards fighting hepatitis B through outreach & education, advocacy, and research.

The Cardinal and Pacific Free Clinics provide primary care services to under- and uninsured children and adults in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Free services are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis in at the Cardinal Free Clinic in Menlo Park, CA and at the Pacific Free Clinic at Overfelt High School, San Jose, CA.

The Office of Community Health (OCH) collaborates with community partners to identify how Stanford's academic programs and resources may support their organization's needs.

The OCH serves as a centralized resource to facilitate communication between students, faculty, and community partners regarding collaborative community health projects.

Sponsored by Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Stanford Health Library provides free public access to medical information, to help people make informed decisions about their health and health care.

The library offers online health information and videos, as well as a main location and five branches staffed by helpful reference librarians.

• Main location – Stanford Shopping Center
• Stanford Hospital
• Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center
• South Palo Alto Branch at the Oshmann Family Jewish Community Center
• East Palo Alto Branch at the Ravenswood Family Health Center
• Affiliate – The Health Library at Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Palo Alto

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