Building Community Research Capacity to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities.

Abstract

Evidence-based tools that build community capacity to partner across the continuum of research and models for knowledge and skill translation to support community-academic research partnerships are needed. We adapted the Michigan Cancer Healthlink model to derive a curriculum that significantly increased cardiovascular health equity research capacity among Black adults. This curriculum yielded high participation in community-engaged research activities (e.g., grant reviews) in which community members could meaningfully utilize newly acquired skills and knowledge. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(S2):S143-S147. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308071).