TRIUMPH Community Sites

The Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health (TRIUMPH) program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has many dedicated community partners.

Aurora Health Care has been in partnership with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health for more than 35 years, providing high quality medical education in Milwaukee's culturally diverse urban environment.

The dedicated preceptors are physicians with active practices and UW-Madison faculty appointments. Aurora also provides housing near the hospitals and with easy access to the vibrant social and cultural scene in Milwaukee.

UW School of Medicine and Public Health Urban Medicine Teaching Sites

• Aurora Sinai Medical Center
• Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
• Clinics and community health centers and services for the uninsured

Community Health Project Sites

Urban health projects are developed in coordination with community sites. These community health sites have accommodated students for longitudinal projects:

Aurora School-Based Health Team-Milwaukee Public Schools: The Aurora school-based health program provides health care access for school-aged children. The program focuses on:

• Prevention and wellness
• Treating the chronically ill
• Creating healthier children and families
• Reducing injuries and illnesses
• Encouraging better school attendance and academic achievement

Bread of Healing Clinic: This Lutheran faith-based clinic provides free health care to the poor and uninsured at several church sites in central Milwaukee.

Center for Urban Population Health: The Center for Urban Population Health was officially established in April 2001 as a partnership of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH), Aurora Health Care (AHC), and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's College of Health Sciences (UWM CHS). Our mission is to conduct and facilitate original population health research and educational initiatives that improve the health of urban communities through collaboration with academic and community organizations. The research program of the Center for Urban Population Health is population-focused and community-based, with a health and wellness perspective and a strong commitment to cultural diversity. The Center's research programs focus on projects that address the health needs of women and children, the aging population, minority groups and the economically disadvantaged.

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin: The Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin is the state's voice for children's health. The Alliance influences public policy, raises awareness and promotes best practices. Our goal is to improve the health of Wisconsin children. The Alliance has projects focused on Injury Prevention and Death Review, Asthma, Lead Poisoning, Oral Health, and Grief and Bereavement.

City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD): The Milwaukee Health Department is working to improve the health of Milwaukee residents through a variety of programs:

• School health
• Environmental health
• Infectious disease
• STD
• HIV and TB control
• Maternal and child health
• Case management

Students work closely with Geof Swain, MD, MPH, MHD's medical director, and Paul Hunter, MD, associate medical director, both faculty at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

CORE/El Centro: CORE/El Centro is a dynamic, grassroots non-profit organization that offers individuals of all income levels access to natural healing therapies. The center is a place where healing and transformation occur daily for individuals, families and the community. Services are provided by professionals in the fields of Chinese Medicine, Massage Therapy, Energy Work and Wholistic Exercise and meet the needs of a variety of populations: women, men, children, survivors of trauma, those with chronic health issues, survivors of cancer, and beyond.

Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families Planning Council: Infant mortality - specifically, the disparity of outcomes between white and nonwhite births - is one of the most critical health problems facing Wisconsin. In response, the Wisconsin Partnership Program and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have launched a $10 million initiative to investigate and address the high incidence of African-American infant mortality in the state. This multiyear evidence-based program will incorporate best practice public health and self-sustaining community-based interventions to produce better African-American birth outcomes. At the center of this effort is the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF), which will work to identify the needs of African-American women and their families, and pursue opportunities to address those needs.

Milwaukee Center for Independence: Since 1938, MCFI's goal has been dignity and independence for each person they serve. the agency believes that independence is the key to involvement in the community and that each individual can contribute to our society. MCFI serves 5,000 persons in more than 50 hands-on services. They include newborns, working-age adults, persons with mental illness and the frail elderly. MCFI serves another 3,000 persons with financial services across the state. iCare serves nearly 20,000 Medicare and Medicaid members with coordinated medical and social services case management.

Milwaukee Area Health Education Center (AHEC): The Milwaukee Area Health Education Center serves southeast Wisconsin to connect school-age students to health careers health professionals to communities and communities to better health. Programs include:

• Diabetes and arthritis community health education
• Community health internships for high school, undergraduate and graduate college students
• Health career classroom presentations to middle and high school students
• Career mentoring
• A youth health service volunteer program

The Milwaukee Area Health Education Center serves as a link between TRIMPH and the Milwaukee community.

Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition: The goal of the Coalition is Improve the health and nutrition of infants in Milwaukee County by increasing breastfeeding rates, including initiation, duration, and exclusivity, and to change social norms regarding the importance of breastfeeding.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Center: The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center provides health care, health education and social services to low-income residents of Milwaukee's culturally diverse south side. Comprehensive health services include adult and pediatric medicine, behavioral health services, women's health, HIV prevention and treatment and physical therapy. Students must speak Spanish.

United Community Center (UCC): The United Community Center provides a variety of health programs for Hispanics and near south side Milwaukee residents of all ages in health and human services, education, cultural arts, recreation and community development. Health programs include educational outreach to address obesity, diabetes and heart disease and programs to promote healthy lifestyles. Spanish language skills preferred.

Walker's Point Community Clinic: Since 1994 Walker's Point Community Clinic has provided free care for the homeless and uninsured on Milwaukee's near south side. Many have contributed to make this clinic a nationally known model for innovative approaches for improving the health of one of Wisconsin's most disadvantaged communities. This collaborative model is an example of a prototypical health center of the future, where wellness and prevention services are intricately linked to complimentary medicine and traditional medical care.

The mission of the Walker's Point Community Clinic is to provide access to health care for uninsured patients and those who are underserved by the existing health care network in the greater Milwaukee area. This setting offers health care providers unique educational opportunities and challenges while serving as a model for continued professional commitment to the underserved.

Walnut Way Conservation Corp.: Walnut Way is a resident-led, community development organization serving the roughly 30-block, Milwaukee Central City neighborhood bounded by North Avenue, 12th Street, Fond du Lac Avenue, Walnut Street and 20th Street. The mission of Walnut Way is "to sustain economically diverse and abundant communities through civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and ventures for prosperity."

Other Sites That Host Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health Students

City on a Hill Health Clinic: This nondenominational faith-based health clinic provides holistic care to uninsured patients on the second Saturday of each month.

MLK Heritage Health Center: The MLK Heritage Health Center at 2555 N. Martin Luther King Drive, one of the three clinics operated by Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., offers a range of primary health care services including physician, dental, behavioral, benefit determination, and pharmacy.

MLK Heritage Health Center services everyone regardless of income, or third party coverage, and seeks to provide high quality care in an accessible location and at convenient times. This clinic primarily targets the residents of Milwaukee's north side, but services patients from all over the county.

Progressive Community Health Centers: Since 1999, Progressive Community Health Centers has been providing quality, culturally competent health care to people of all ages. With two locations in central Milwaukee, the staff is committed to meeting the medical and dental needs of the entire family.