scholarly journals Investing in Gulfport: Development of an Academic–Community Partnership to Address Health Disparities

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1S) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Danielle Fastring ◽  
Susan Mayfield-Johnson ◽  
Tanya Funchess ◽  
Julie Egressy ◽  
Greg Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Partnership

scholarly journals Impacting the Social Determinants of Health through a Regional Academic-Community Partnership: The Experience of the Mid-South Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona N. Fouad ◽  
Theresa A. Wynn ◽  
Richard Scribner ◽  
Yu-Mei M. Schoenberger ◽  
Donna Antoine-Lavigne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
The Social ◽  
Over Time

<p class="Pa7">O<strong>bjective: </strong>The purpose of this article is to describe the background and experience of the Academic-Community Engagement (ACE) Core of the Mid-South Transdisci­plinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research (Mid-South TCC) in impacting the social determinants of health through the establishment and implemen­tation of a regional academic-community partnership.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Conceptual Framework: </strong>The Mid-South TCC is informed by three strands of re­search: the social determinants of health, the socioecological model, and commu­nity-based participatory research (CBPR). Combined, these elements represent a science of engagement that has allowed us to use CBPR principles at a regional level to address the social determinants of health disparities.</p><p class="Pa7"><strong>Results: </strong>The ACE Core established state coalitions in each of our founding states— Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi—and an Expansion Coalition in Arkansas, Tennes­see, and Kentucky. The ACE Core funded and supported a diversity of 15 community engaged projects at each level of the socio­ecological model in our six partner states through our community coalitions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through our cross-discipline, cross-regional infrastructure developed strategically over time, and led by the ACE Core, the Mid-South TCC has established an extensive infrastructure for accomplishing our overarching goal of investigating the so­cial, economic, cultural, and environmental factors driving and sustaining health dispari­ties in obesity and chronic illnesses, and developing and implementing interventions to ameliorate such disparities. <em></em></p><p><em>Ethn Dis. </em>2017;27(Suppl 1):277-286; doi:10.18865/ed.27.S1.277.</p>

scholarly journals Reaching for Health Equity and Social Justice in Baltimore: The Evolution of an Academic-Community Partnership and Conceptual Framework to Address Hypertension Disparities

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Cooper ◽  
Tanjala S. Purnell ◽  
Chidinma A. Ibe ◽  
Jennifer P. Halbert ◽  
Lee R. Bone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Advisory Board ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Cardiovascular Health Disparities

<p>Cardiovascular health disparities persist despite decades of recognition and the availability of evidence-based clinical and public health interventions. Racial and ethnic minorities and adults in urban and low-income communities are highrisk groups for uncontrolled hypertension (HTN), a major contributor to cardiovascular health disparities, in part due to inequitable social structures and economic systems that negatively impact daily environments and risk behaviors. This commentary presents the Johns Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities as a case study for highlighting the evolution of an academic-community partnership to overcome HTN disparities. Key elements of the iterative development process of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) are summarized, and major CAB activities and engagement with the Baltimore community are highlighted. Using a conceptual framework adapted from O’Mara-Eves and colleagues, the authors discuss how different population groups and needs, motivations, types and intensity of community participation, contextual factors, and actions have shaped the Center’s approach to stakeholder engagement in research and community outreach efforts to achieve health equity. <em>Ethn Dis. </em>2016;26(3):369-378; doi:10.18865/ ed.26.3.369 </p>

Community-Led Health Promotion Groups in a Bhutanese–Nepali Refugee Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110190
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Asdigian ◽  
Brandy Kramer ◽  
Manisha Shrestha ◽  
Rohit K. Dhungel ◽  
Hari Rizal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Refugee Community ◽  
Metro Area ◽  
Health Partnership

This practice note reports on the work of the Namaste Community Health Partnership, an academic-community partnership established to address health disparities in a metro-area Bhutanese–Nepali refugee community in the western United States. Partners worked together to develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally-tailored health promotion program where Bhutanese–Nepali individuals led weekly walking groups and shared health promotion information and behavior change tools with community participants. The program was implemented with approximately 70 community members across two metro-area neighborhoods and two adult day care centers serving elders. Evaluation strategies included documenting walk attendance, tracking engagement with health promotion goals, and focus group discussions with program participants. Once enrolled, most participants consistently attended walks and achieved weekly goals—some even increased walking frequency beyond program requirements. Participants provided positive feedback about having a community leader and reported learning new information and enjoying participating with other community members. Challenges and lessons learned included difficulties engaging younger adults from the community, concerns about signing research consent forms, cultural norms discouraging the distribution of individual research participation incentives, variability across groups in preferences for program activities, and barriers to administering survey-based evaluation instruments. This academic–community partnership built capacity in the local Bhutanese–Nepali community, produced culturally relevant health programming, and trained and employed community members as health educators and physical activity leaders. The program resulting from this work has the potential to improve health knowledge and chronic disease prevention practices and ultimately reduce health disparities in an underserved refugee community.

Child and adolescent telepsychiatry in an academic-community partnership: Providers’ perceptions on teamwork.

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Susana Helm ◽  
Deborah Kissinger ◽  
Deborah Goebert ◽  
Ruby Agoha ◽  
Riki Tanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Partnership

Building an Academic-Community Partnership for Increasing Representation of Minorities in the Health Professions

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Erwin ◽  
Daniel S. Blumenthal ◽  
Thomas Chapel ◽  
Liana Richardson ◽  
L. Vernon Allwood
Keyword(s):  
Health Professions ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Partnership

"You Actually View Us as the Experts in Our Own System": Indigenous–Academic Community Partnership

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka ◽  
Susan Brown Trinidad ◽  
Evette J. Ludman ◽  
Jennifer L. Shaw ◽  
Wylie Burke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Community ◽  
Community Partnership

scholarly journals Engaging Religious Institutions to Address Racial Disparities in HIV/AIDS: A Case of Academic-Community Partnership

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Szaflarski ◽  
Lisa M. Vaughn ◽  
Camisha Chambers ◽  
Mamie Harris ◽  
Andrew Ruffner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black Churches ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Hiv Stigma ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Faith Leaders ◽  
Primary Strategy

African Americans face the most severe burden of HIV among all racial and ethnic groups. Direct involvement of faith leaders and faith communities is increasingly suggested as a primary strategy to reduce HIV-related disparities, and Black churches are uniquely positioned to address HIV stigma, prevention, and care in African American communities. The authors describe an academic-community partnership to engage Black churches to address HIV in a predominantly African American, urban, southern Midwest location. The opportunities, process, and challenges in forming this academic community partnership with Black churches can be used to guide future efforts toward engaging faith institutions, academia, and other community partners in the fight against HIV.

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