Doing Good Things for People and Communities
BPH Foundation research includes the following goals:
• To enhance the physiological and psychological well-being of minorities and
underrepresented community members in America and abroad.
• To promote constructive understanding of minorities and both underrepresented
and economically disadvantaged community members through positive approaches to
research.
• To develop an approach to health promotion and disease prevention that is consistent with
the experiences of minorities and both underrepresented and economically disadvantaged
community members.
• To define public health and medicine in consonance with newly established epidemiological
and medical concepts and standards regarding minorities and both underrepresented
and economically disadvantaged community members.
• To develop national and international support systems for poor and economically
disadvantaged students of health promotion and disease prevention.
• To develop policies for local, state, and national decision making which impacts on the
health and wellness of minority and both underrepresented and economically
disadvantaged community members.
• To promote values and a lifestyle that supports the survival and well-being of poor and
economically disadvantaged community members.
• To support established community member organizations and aid in the development of new
independent institutions to enhance health, wellness, educational, cultural, and economic
circumstances of target ommunity members.