What Public Health Research and Community Assessments Are Available from the SDSU Institute for Public Health?

The SDSU Institute for Public Health (IPH) publishes community needs assessments and offers program evaluation and training work, with its most current featured assessment being the San Diego LGBTQIA+ Needs Assessment: Cancer Prevention and Healthcare (September 2025). You can access it through the IPH website, which provides a "Read more" link to the full assessment. This page is for anyone looking for local public health data, evaluation resources, or training connected to San Diego State University.

The Featured Community Assessment

The September 2025 assessment focuses on cancer prevention and healthcare needs among LGBTQIA+ communities in San Diego County. According to the IPH site, the work was conducted to "better understand and elevate" those needs — meaning the goal is both to document gaps and to raise their visibility for healthcare providers, planners, and community organizations.

Who produced it

This was a collaboration between two institutions:

• Moores Cancer Center at the University of California San Diego — the clinical and research partner
• Institute for Public Health at San Diego State University — the public health partner

This kind of pairing is common in community health assessment: a cancer center brings clinical and oncology expertise, while a university public health institute brings assessment methodology and community engagement.

Why it matters

Needs assessments like this are typically used to:

• Identify where a specific community faces barriers to cancer screening, prevention, or care
• Give health organizations and funders a documented basis for prioritizing programs
• Support grant applications and service planning with local data

If you work in San Diego County public health, LGBTQIA+ health services, or cancer prevention, this is the most directly relevant item currently highlighted on the site.

How to Access the Assessment

The IPH site surfaces the assessment on its homepage with a "Read more" link. To get the full document:

1. Go to the IPH website (iph.sdsu.edu).
2. Locate the announcement titled "San Diego LGBTQIA+ Needs Assessment: Cancer Prevention and Healthcare (September 2025) is Available."
3. Follow the "Read more" link to view the assessment.

The site does not indicate a paywall or login requirement for this announcement, but confirm access conditions on the page itself before citing or redistributing the document.

Other Work: Program Evaluation and Training

Beyond the featured assessment, IPH describes its scope as Program Evaluation and Training, and the site lists online courses including Program Evaluation, PH 101, and Program Planning. These are relevant if your interest is less in reading a specific assessment and more in learning how assessments and evaluations are designed.

• Program Evaluation — methods for judging whether a public health program works
• PH 101 — an introduction to public health concepts
• Program Planning — how to design public health interventions

The institute has operated since 1992, which is worth noting if you're evaluating it as a source: it has a long institutional history at SDSU.

Choosing What Fits Your Need

Practical Notes

• The assessment is dated September 2025, so check whether a newer version has been posted if you need the most current data.
• The site also lists a Contact Us section — use it if you need details on methodology, data access, or collaboration that the public page doesn't cover.
• For questions about the cancer-related content specifically, the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego is the co-producing partner and a reasonable secondary source.