Brown University Health Community Health Institute is your source for better health in Rhode Island and its surrounding communities.
Brown University Health coordinates hundreds of programs, events and community service activities that serve between 25,000 and 30,000 southern New Englanders annually.
Programs are provided through Brown University Health's partner hospitals and are often offered free or at a reduced cost to the community.
Explore the Community Health Institute's nutrition and food security programs, community partnerships, and impact across Rhode Island. Discover how we're improving access to healthy food, nutrition education, and clinical support.
The free Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) at the Brown University Health Community Health Institute is an evidence-based program that teaches people at risk for developing diabetes how to implement a healthy lifestyle with the goal of preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes.
The mission of the Brown University Health Community Health Institute is to eliminate health disparities and promote health equity through healthy behaviors, healthy relationships, and healthy environments.
The CHI envisions a Rhode Island/region in which all people can achieve their full health potential. We will do this by improving the social, economic and environmental conditions in our communities and by increasing access to high quality health services. Strategies include developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating initiatives to improve the health status of the people in Rhode Island and southern New England. Through strategic partnerships, CHI also serves as a liaison/bridge between Brown University Health departments and the community, through one-off events and through ongoing relationships. This includes our work through the Community Health Ambassadors and other stakeholder groups.
