UCSD Center for Community Health

Name

UCSD Center for Community Health

Legal name

UC San Diego Center for Community Health

Website

https://ucsdcommunityhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Community Food Services (62421), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

Keywords

• Community health programs
• Refugee health services
• Food access equity
• Health disparity research
• Community-based interventions

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Institutional Support: As a university research center under UC San Diego and ACTRI, the Center for Community Health operates primarily through federal, state, and foundation grant funding, as well as institutional support from UCSD.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

UCSD Center for Community Health is a university-affiliated non-profit research and service center that delivers community-engaged health programs across three focus areas: Refugee & Immigrant Health, Food Access & Equity, and Child & Family Health. It also conducts community-centered co-led research, builds capacity of community partners, and trains the next generation of health equity leaders. Services are provided at no direct cost to community members through grant-funded programs delivered via partnerships with schools, faith-based organizations, and local government.

Product overview

UCSD Center for Community Health is a university-based community health organization operating as a Center within the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI). Rather than a single product or platform, it offers a portfolio of community health programs organized into three main service areas: Education (training future health equity leaders), Capacity Building (transforming best practices into sustainable community programs), and Research (community-centered co-led research). The operational programs span three major focus areas: Refugee & Immigrant Health (with sub-programs including RSI, YM, ARSI, AYM, YAC, and Community Health Workers), Food Access & Equity (including Growing Equity, Good Food for All, ¡Más Fresco!, Eat CA, and Good Food Finder), and Child & Family Health (including the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative, Human Milk Access Network, HEALthy 4 You, and KIN). The Center also develops and shares best practices to advance health equity and address social determinants of health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACTRI: Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute - the parent institute within UC San Diego

Products and services

• Refugee & Immigrant Health Programs A suite of health initiatives supporting refugee and immigrant communities in San Diego County, including Refugee School Impact (RSI), Youth Mentoring (YM), ARSI, AYM, Youth Advancement Collective (YAC), Advancing Health Literacy Program, and Community Health Workers for Advancing Public Health.
• Food Access & Equity Programs
• Child & Family Health Programs
• San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative (COI) A collaborative initiative focused on reducing childhood obesity rates through community-based interventions and policy changes in San Diego County.
• San Diego Human Milk Access Network Network dedicated to improving access to human milk for infants, supporting breastfeeding mothers and community health.
• Youth Advisory Council (YAC) Youth-led advisory body providing guidance on Center programs and initiatives, empowering young leaders to advance health equity.
• Education and Internship Programs Community-centered education initiatives and culturally-competent health promotion efforts developing models across UC San Diego and the region, preparing the next generation of health equity leaders through internships.
• Community-Engaged Research Programs Community-centered co-led research initiatives that promote community voice to address health disparities and promote active civic engagement.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Center for Community Health is a Center within the Population Sciences and Community Engagement Unit of the ACTRI at UC San Diego. This integration allows the Center to transform scientific discoveries into real-world health improvements, targeting social and systemic factors affecting health through research and action.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: University of California-based research center that conducts community health and health policy research across California. Directly comparable as a UC-system-affiliated community health research organization operating in the same state and serving overlapping health-equity and social-determinants missions.
• Public Health Institute: California-based nonprofit that works across public health, community health, and health equity, often in partnership with government agencies and academic institutions. Closely comparable mission and operating model as a California nonprofit delivering community health programs funded through grants and contracts.
• UC Berkeley School of Public Health: University of California public health school that conducts community-engaged research, trains public health professionals, and runs community health initiatives. Comparable as another UC-affiliated academic institution with community health programming, training pipelines, and translational research.
• San Diego State University School of Public Health: San Diego-based public health school that conducts community health research and partners with local organizations on health equity initiatives in the same San Diego region. Highly comparable as a local university-based public health presence serving overlapping San Diego communities.
• Prevention Institute: National nonprofit focused on community health, prevention, and equity through capacity-building and community partnerships. Comparable mission and operating model as a nonprofit that translates public health frameworks into community-led action.
• International Rescue Committee: Major nonprofit delivering refugee resettlement and health services across the U.S., including refugee school impact, health navigation, and community health worker programs. Directly comparable on the Center's Refugee & Immigrant Health program area, including school impact and community health worker models.

Regional players

• Feeding San Diego: San Diego County's leading food bank and hunger-relief nonprofit. Comparable as a regional food access organization operating in the same geography with overlapping food insecurity and food equity program areas.
• San Diego Hunger Coalition: San Diego-based coalition focused on food access, food justice, and anti-hunger policy. Comparable as a regional San Diego organization working on food access equity, including programs like CalFresh/SNAP outreach that overlap with the Center's Good Food for All and Más Fresco initiatives.
• San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency: Local government agency administering public health and social services across San Diego County, and the Center's stated partner on initiatives like the Childhood Obesity Initiative. Comparable as the regional public health system operating in the same geography and serving overlapping populations.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: National philanthropy that funds health equity, social determinants, and community health initiatives. Comparable in mission focus (health equity, community health) and as a potential funder/peer actor in the same health-equity ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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