The Center for Public Health Practice focuses on strengthening and expanding our existing partnerships with federal, state, and local public health agencies. The Center has the following aims:
- Strengthening the training and education of the public health workforce in Oklahoma and nationally, especially focusing on the needs of governmental public health agencies and non-governmental partners at the state and local levels
- Promoting and supporting community partnerships to advance public health improvement in Oklahoma, emphasizing multi-disciplinary, inter-professional, and multi-sector collaborations
- Conducting research on public health practice, and promoting evidence – based public health practice and policy development