The Ohio State University Medical Center has a long tradition of serving our community regardless of race, age, faith or ability to pay. In fiscal year 2007, Ohio State's Medical Center contributed more than $127 million in charity care and benefits to the community. We believe that the best way to improve the health of our communities is through collaboration.
Listed below are some of the many ways we collaborate with a variety of health partners to contribute to the health and well-being of diverse members of our community. For more information about a particular program or project, call Ohio State’s Medical Center at (614) 293-8485.
Abrete Sesamo
Abrete Sesamo provides workshops in the community help limited-English-speaking Latinos learn how to use and access local healthcare services.
Our Partners: Latino Empowerment Outreach Network; YMCA; Columbus Medical Association Foundation; Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
African American Male Mentoring Panel
The Mentoring Panel works to provide positive role models and mentoring opportunities to African-American males, ages 14-18, with the goal of increasing student awareness of career opportunities in health care.
Our Partners: Friends of Art for Community Enrichment (FACE); Upward Bound Program of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Asian Health Initiative
This initiative maintains the Asian Health Center at the OSU Rardin Family Practice Center to improve the health of medically underserved Asian populations in central Ohio. They also provide the funding for lab work and a part-time staff person.
Our Partners: The OSU Family Practice Foundation; Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Asian American Community Services Council; Asian American Community Services; Southeast Asian Ministries
Bridge Program
The Bridge Program at University Hospital East Family Medicine provides free and much-needed health care to area women.
Our Partners: OSU Harding Hospital; Ohio State’s Department of Family Medicine; Community Housing Network, Inc.
Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence-Health Task Force
This task force creates and implements training for healthcare professionals to recognize the symptoms of domestic violence and make appropriate referrals. Project SAFE, a program designed to protect pregnant women from abuse, was started at OSUMC and has been expanded to six central Ohio hospitals and clinics.
Our Partners: central Ohio hospitals and clinics
Community Day at University Hospital East
We are pleased to be able to offer health screenings, education and fellowship for Columbus’ Near East Side community at this annual event.
Our Partners: Ohio State’s University Hospital East, in conjunction with more than 40 local organizations
Community Health Risk Assessment
The data gathered from the assessment provides valuable information on the health status of people in central Ohio, with information on many health issues in order to increase the quality of information available to healthcare providers and researchers.
Our Partners: Columbus Public Health; OhioHealth; Mount Carmel Health; Columbus Medical Association Foundation; Osteopathic Heritage Foundations; Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Council on Healthy Mothers and Babies
OSUMC participates with other hospital systems to improve pregnancy outcomes and decrease infant mortality. The council provides wait-time studies, Pregnancy Care Capacity Roundtables and Pregnancy Care Connection.
Our Partners: central Ohio hospital systems
East High School Health Academy 
Together with our partners, we organize field trips for juniors and seniors, and host breakfasts for high school students who have excelled in the health sciences. Our Partners: Ohio State’s College of Medicine; Ohio State’s African American and African Studies Community Extension Center; Ohio State’s College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
La Clínica Latina
Through the clinic, we are able to provide medical care for Latino residents in central Ohio along with service learning opportunities for College of Medicine and Nursing students.
Our Partner: Latino Health Alliance
Math and Science Club
Students in elementary, middle and high school are given a rare opportunity to enhance their math and science skills through club participation.
Our Partner: Ohio State’s African American and African Studies Community Extension Center
MD Camp
The goal of this intensive, three-week summer camp is to inspire interest in health careers among high school juniors and seniors whose ethnic groups have traditionally been under-represented in medicine.
Our Partner: Ohio State’s College of Medicine
Men’s Health Initiative
Providing education to African-American men about disease prevention, early detection and clinical trials through a series of men’s health programs, this program is held in conjunction with televised sporting events to maximize interest and attendance.
Our Partners: Diversity Enhancement Program at Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Columbus Public Health; Ohio State’s Bell Resource Center on the African AmericanMale; Columbus Boot Camp; National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Mount Vernon Avenue District Improvement Association
The economic and cultural vitality of Columbus’ Near East Side and the health of its residents have been greatly enriched by the programs developed through the collaboration of OSUMC and local business leaders.
Our Partners: Mount Vernon Avenue District Improvement Association and central Ohio businesses
New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix and Family Day
OSUMC is a member of the Health Care Task Force, which is working with the Central Ohio Trauma System to implement a uniform screening protocol for family violence. This event benefits the Coalition Against Family Violence.
Our Partner: Coalition Against Family Violence
Ohio Asthma Coalition
Our staffmembers chair this coalition, which created a statewide asthma plan. In addition, the group provides advocacy for asthma programs.
Our Partners: Ohio Department of Health; Ohio Commission on Minority Health; Ohio Hospital Association; American Lung Association; other organizations throughout Ohio
Partners in Education
Participants work diligently to increase student awareness of career opportunities in health care through field trips, speakers, mentoring, shadowing and honors breakfasts. They also aim to increase awareness of OSUMC health services among academically gifted students.
Our Partner: Columbus Public Schools
Principals Externships
Our externships allow Columbus Public School principals to learn what happens when students or their family members are hospitalized or are diagnosed with an illness, providing them with the skills and tools to address these issues with their students.
Our Partner: Columbus Public Schools
Project Love
Project Love provides shared nurse coverage as part of the childhood immunization project in order to increase the number of children receiving immunizations in Franklin county.
Our Partners: Columbus Public Health; OhioHealth; Mount Carmel Health; Nationwide Children’s Hospital; ColumbusMedical Association Foundation
Project Me
OSUMC staff volunteer to participate in this reading program at Hubbard Elementary School.
Our Partner: Columbus Public Schools
Research and Evaluations Enhancement Program (REEP)
Participants in REEP provide guidelines for research on ethnic and cultural health issues.
Our Partner: Ohio Commission on Minority Health
Stable Cradle Project
New mothers recovering from substance abuse can participate in this outpatient drug treatment program and receive parenting education. The program also sponsors a social worker for participating churches.
Our Partner: Maryhaven, Inc.
United Way Councils
Ohio State’s Medical Center is involved in many of United Way’s councils. The Health Vision Council seeks to improve the health of the community. The Neighborhood and Race Relations & Diversity Vision Councils focus on building vibrant neighborhoods, increasing neighborhood pride and addressing racial health disparities by funding CARE Columbus, a cultural competency training program for healthcare providers.
Our Partner: United Way of Central Ohio
Urban Residency Program
In this program, OSUMC physicians are trained to care for the unique needs of people living in urban areas who might otherwise have to travel out of their community to obtain medical treatment. Ohio State’s program is one of the first in the country to gear resources specifically to an urban population.
Our Partner: Ohio State’s College of Medicine
Weinland Program Health and Wellness Project
Project volunteers evaluate and provide mental health and health services at Weinland Elementary School.
Our Partners: OSU Harding Hospital; Ohio State’s College of Nursing; Ohio State’s College ofMedicine; Ohio State’s College of Human Ecology; Ohio State’s School of AlliedMedical Professions; Columbus Public Schools;Weinland Park Enrichment Center; Godman Guild
Women Coming Together
Women Coming Together is an annual conference during Women’s HealthMonth (May) that focuses on the health issues and unmet needs of African-American, Asian, Latina, Appalachian and Native American women.
Our Partners: Various central Ohio organizations
YMCA, Eldon W. Ward Branch
OSUMC sponsors a health center that provides community educational events and screenings, a community health nurse one day each week, an exercise physiologist to conduct aerobic classes for seniors and a van for transportation.
Our Partner: Columbus Public Health
