WHAT IS POPULATION HEALTH?
Population health is a collaborative and comprehensive approach to health that addresses the many things in our lives that impact health. It focuses on ‘up-stream’ issues that tend to prevent disease and enhance wellness.
PARTNERING FOR A STRONGER COMMUNITY
The 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health was founded as a collaborative research and resource Center focused on population health and disease prevention to benefit the citizens living in Cambria and Somerset Counties. 1889 Foundation made a major gift to the College of Population Health of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia to establish the Center.
Latest News
Learn what 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health is doing in your community with the latest news.
Center recruiting contact tracer volunteers
The 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, which is part of the Southwest PA Contact Tracing Consortium of the PA Department of Health, is assisting the state in recruiting volunteers to serve as Contact Tracers
Pandemic restrictions magnify barriers to healthy living
Click here to read June's Health Matters article in the Tribune Democrat which features a discussion between Jeannine McMillan, 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health; Dr. Susan Williams, CMO, Conemaugh Health System; and Dr. Billy
HUB Care Coordination Agencies Announced
1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health announces Care Coordination Agencies to join Community Care HUB; Introduces Newly Certifiable Workforce to Cambria/Somerset Counties JOHNSTOWN – The 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health, established through a partnership
