Community Engagement
Overview
LPHI’s community engagement work, which has been central to our approach for more than 20 years, is rooted in the belief that meaningful public health starts with meaningful relationships.
We center trust and co-designing solutions with communities across Louisiana, ensuring that lived experience guides our work as much as technical expertise. Through this approach, LPHI has more than two decades of experiences, and staff seated across every region of Louisiana implementing statewide health promotion and practice change initiatives—particularly in the prevention space—that shift health outcomes, strengthen systems of care and include community in every part of the process.
By weaving together community voice, evidence-based practice, and public health science, we expand capacity, drive innovation, and advance equitable health outcomes across the communities we serve, with the communities we serve.
Community Engagement Programs
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The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL)
A program of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center and LPHI, TFL has more than 20 years of transforming the Louisiana tobacco control and prevention landscape, ensuring more than one million people are protected from second hand smoke, and ensuring thousands ( over 25,000+ annually) more are engaged annually around tobacco prevention and cessation services.
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Louisiana Quitline
In partnership with AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana (ACL), the Louisiana Department of Health’s WellAhead Program, and RVO health, LPHI facilitates members with tobacco and vape cessation services. The LPHI team works with ACL’s teams to improve service accessibility and educate Medicaid patients on the benefits of quitting smoking to lower their cancer risk.
Community Engagement News and Highlights
Community Engagement Thought Leadership and Resources
Community Engagement Team
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living Regional Manager, Central Louisiana
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