Community Health & Wellness Institute
The Eight Priorities
The Institute supports partnerships leading to social change that address the entrenched
drivers of poor health. While collaborating with numerous community partners, the
Institute focuses on and implements its eight priorities.
Priority 1
Focused on working with community partners to improve health in addressing several
of the Healthy NC 2030 selected health indicators while improving the health and well-being
of families and communities.
Priority 2
The Makerspace was intended to serve as the Health Sciences Center for Innovation and Creativity. Funding was re-directed towards additional supplies and equipment for the two mobile health units, serving as an innovative laboratory, clinical, and educational space to meet the health care needs of rural and underserved communities.
Priority 3
UNCP worked with Health Career Connection (HCC), a national non-profit program that
connects health sectors with talented and diverse future health professionals and
leaders, especially those from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds to
choose and pursue healthcare and public health careers.
Priority 4
In collaboration with the Public Schools of Robeson County, Robeson Community College
and the Lumbee Tribe of NC, UNCP’s Community and Civic Engagement (CCE) Office developed
a volunteer-based life skills development curriculum and implemented in schools and
community-based youth agencies.
Priority 5
Speakers Series focuses on developing and implementing a speaker series about inter-professional
education featuring nationally recognized experts in team-based care, technology and
health care, and the social determinants of health culminating in an annual symposium.
Priority 6
Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that incorporates meaningful
service into course curriculum to enhance student learning and community engagement.
Faculty/staff of CCE and the CHS developed service-learning opportunities, with strategies
to include identifying and supporting a CHS faculty fellow and other faculty in service-learning.
Priority 7
The Taley and Jordan Hunt Resource Center is UNCP’s on-campus food pantry and professional
clothing closet, open to students, faculty, staff, and community. The Center offers
educational workshops in collaboration with academic service-learning courses to inform
the public about basic life skills topics and identifying and leveraging community
resources. CHS efforts were assisting with expansion and support of the Center.
Priority 8
Aimed to address mental health disparities in Robeson County through continued coalition
development, community engagement, completion of a mental health service gap analysis
and financial sustainability. The CHS focused on continuing coalition building with
organizations that helped address and respond to gaps in service and support ongoing
mental health concerns including the high rates of substance misuse in the county.
Efforts were made to assist existing programs and promote prevention and education
and awareness measures.
Priority 1
Focused on working with community partners to improve health in addressing several
of the Healthy NC 2030 selected health indicators while improving the health and well-being
of families and communities.
Priority 2
The Makerspace was intended to serve as the Health Sciences Center for Innovation and Creativity. Funding was re-directed towards additional supplies and equipment for the two mobile health units, serving as an innovative laboratory, clinical, and educational space to meet the health care needs of rural and underserved communities.
Priority 3
UNCP worked with Health Career Connection (HCC), a national non-profit program that
connects health sectors with talented and diverse future health professionals and
leaders, especially those from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds to
choose and pursue healthcare and public health careers.
Priority 4
In collaboration with the Public Schools of Robeson County, Robeson Community College
and the Lumbee Tribe of NC, UNCP’s Community and Civic Engagement (CCE) Office developed
a volunteer-based life skills development curriculum and implemented in schools and
community-based youth agencies.
Priority 5
Speakers Series focuses on developing and implementing a speaker series about inter-professional
education featuring nationally recognized experts in team-based care, technology and
health care, and the social determinants of health culminating in an annual symposium.
Priority 6
Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that incorporates meaningful
service into course curriculum to enhance student learning and community engagement.
Faculty/staff of CCE and the CHS developed service-learning opportunities, with strategies
to include identifying and supporting a CHS faculty fellow and other faculty in service-learning.
Priority 7
The Taley and Jordan Hunt Resource Center is UNCP’s on-campus food pantry and professional
clothing closet, open to students, faculty, staff, and community. The Center offers
educational workshops in collaboration with academic service-learning courses to inform
the public about basic life skills topics and identifying and leveraging community
resources. CHS efforts were assisting with expansion and support of the Center.
Priority 8
Aimed to address mental health disparities in Robeson County through continued coalition
development, community engagement, completion of a mental health service gap analysis
and financial sustainability. The CHS focused on continuing coalition building with
organizations that helped address and respond to gaps in service and support ongoing
mental health concerns including the high rates of substance misuse in the county.
Efforts were made to assist existing programs and promote prevention and education
and awareness measures.
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