Jennifer Coury, Gloria D Coronado, Emily Myers, Mary Patzel, Jamie Thompson, Courtney Whidden-Rivera, Melinda M Davis
{"title":"Engaging with Rural Communities for Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach Using Modified Boot Camp Translation.","authors":"Jennifer Coury, Gloria D Coronado, Emily Myers, Mary Patzel, Jamie Thompson, Courtney Whidden-Rivera, Melinda M Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality are disproportionately high among rural residents and Medicaid enrollees.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To address disparities, we used a modified community engagement approach, Boot Camp Translation (BCT). Research partners, an advisory board, and the rural community informed messaging about CRC outreach and a mailed fecal immunochemical test program.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eligible rural patients (English-speaking and ages 50-74) and clinic staff involved in patient outreach participated in a BCT conducted virtually over two months. We applied qualitative analysis to BCT transcripts and field notes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Key themes included: the importance of directly communicating about the seriousness of cancer, leveraging close clinic-patient relationships, and communicating the test safety, ease, and low cost.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Using a modified version of BCT delivered in a virtual format, we were able to successfully capture community input to adapt a CRC outreach program for use in rural settings. Program materials will be tested during a pragmatic trial to address rural CRC screening disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 1","pages":"47-59"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11047025/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140858750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kesia K Garibay, Arturo Durazo, Tatiana Vizcaíno, Yolanda Oviedo, Kara Marson, Carina Arechiga, Patric Prado, Omar Carrera, Manuel J Alvarado, Diane V Havlir, Susana Rojas, Gabriel Chamie, Carina Marquez, John Sauceda, Irene H Yen, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young
{"title":"Lessons from Two Latino Communities Working with Academic Partners to Increase Access to COVID-19 Testing.","authors":"Kesia K Garibay, Arturo Durazo, Tatiana Vizcaíno, Yolanda Oviedo, Kara Marson, Carina Arechiga, Patric Prado, Omar Carrera, Manuel J Alvarado, Diane V Havlir, Susana Rojas, Gabriel Chamie, Carina Marquez, John Sauceda, Irene H Yen, Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 1","pages":"e1-e2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140866880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating the Impact and Effectiveness of Flint's Community Ethics Review Board (CBOP-CERB): A Pilot Study.","authors":"Stephanie Solomon Cargill, Bryan Spencer, Briah Spencer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 1","pages":"e5-e6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140868505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica Guerrero Vazquez, Jin Hui Joo, Suzanne M Dolwick Grieb, Marzena Maksym, Katherine Phillips, Rheanna Platt, Rohanit Singh, Cecilia Suarez, Veronica Torres, SangEun Yeom, Sarah Polk
{"title":"Community Health Workers Deliver Mental Health Intervention to Uninsured Latinx in Baltimore: Evaluation and Lessons Learned in a Pilot Program.","authors":"Monica Guerrero Vazquez, Jin Hui Joo, Suzanne M Dolwick Grieb, Marzena Maksym, Katherine Phillips, Rheanna Platt, Rohanit Singh, Cecilia Suarez, Veronica Torres, SangEun Yeom, Sarah Polk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Implementation of evidence-based interventions to reduce depression among uninsured Latinx patients who are at high risk of depression are rare.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Our goal was to evaluate Strong Minds, a language and culturally tailored, evidence-based intervention adapted from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for mild-moderate depression and anxiety, delivered by community health workers (CHWs) in Spanish to uninsured Latinx immigrants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As part of the pilot, 35 participants, recruited from a free community primary care clinic, completed Strong Minds. Assessments and poststudy interviews were conducted. Paired t-tests were used to assess change of depressive symptoms at 3 and 6 months.</p><p><strong>Lessons learned: </strong>CHW delivery of depression care to this population was feasible and among those who completed the program, preliminary evidence of depression outcomes suggests potential benefit. CHWs had specific training and support needs related to mental health care delivery.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Further implementation studies of depression care interventions using CHWs for underserved Latinx is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 1","pages":"103-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly B Laham, Stephanie R Duea, Lorie B Sigmon, Angelica Santibanez-Mendez, Hannah L Koernig
{"title":"Partnership to Increase Care Access Through Mobile Outreach to Migrant Farm Communities: A Feasibility Study.","authors":"Kelly B Laham, Stephanie R Duea, Lorie B Sigmon, Angelica Santibanez-Mendez, Hannah L Koernig","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health care access for migrant farmworkers is limited given the nature of seasonal farm work, including migration patterns, capacity, and availability of local community health services. Consideration of these contextual elements when exploring a community-academic partnership to increase access to care for migrant farmworkers is essential.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Explore the partnerships and processes for integrating nursing faculty and students from a regional public university's school of nursing into a farmworker health outreach program's mobile clinic process.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A feasibility study was undertaken using Bowen et al.'s feasibility framework.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Integrating faculty and students into the farmworker health outreach program's mobile clinic process was determined to be feasible.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Integrating faculty providers and students into a farmworker outreach program's mobile health process has several nuances requiring consideration before operationalizing the partnership, including nursing faculty practice (e.g., credentialing, malpractice insurance), student clinical placement processes, the farmworker outreach program's processes, and farmworker availability.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 3","pages":"363-370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Merton Lee, Nicole Brandt, Carmen E Reyes, Daniel Mansour, Katie Maslow, Catherine Sarkisian
{"title":"Practical Incorporation of Stakeholder-Informed Ethics into Research Funding Decisions.","authors":"Merton Lee, Nicole Brandt, Carmen E Reyes, Daniel Mansour, Katie Maslow, Catherine Sarkisian","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research funding has been criticized as biased against novel initiatives and lacking diversity, which leads to further disparities. Patient and stakeholder engagement could support research that goes beyond traditional paradigms and increases diversity. However, best practices to engage stakeholders in research, including funding decisions, continue to be developed. We report on the implementation of stakeholder input in two federally funded initiatives, one that seeks to advance research reducing disparities, and the other seeks to advance deprescribing research. Overall, the review process includes stakeholders as decision makers and supports their efforts through group discussion and other activities. Reconciling stakeholder input that may differ from scientific peer review is a challenge within the decision for funding. Lessons learned include balancing stakeholder and scientific assessments and including guidance on stakeholder engagement to grant awardees.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 3","pages":"389-396"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Will Boles, Lauren Nguyen, Thad Tatum, Jarrod Wall, Alexandria Van Dall, Anjali Niyogi, Anna Sacks, Bruce Reilly, Claire Mulhollem, Ashley Wennerstrom
{"title":"A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People.","authors":"Will Boles, Lauren Nguyen, Thad Tatum, Jarrod Wall, Alexandria Van Dall, Anjali Niyogi, Anna Sacks, Bruce Reilly, Claire Mulhollem, Ashley Wennerstrom","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 2","pages":"e5-e6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyle J Moon, Lauren N Bauman, Meghanne E Tighe, J Mike Coman, Kathy Schuth, Cheryl Walsh, Heidi A Beidinger-Burnett, Matthew L Sisk, Marya Lieberman
{"title":"Mulch Madness: A Community-Academic Partnership for Lead Poisoning Prevention.","authors":"Kyle J Moon, Lauren N Bauman, Meghanne E Tighe, J Mike Coman, Kathy Schuth, Cheryl Walsh, Heidi A Beidinger-Burnett, Matthew L Sisk, Marya Lieberman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Soil constitutes a major source of childhood lead exposure, disproportionately affecting communities of color. Mulching offers a low-cost interim control.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A community-academic partnership was established for lead poisoning prevention, with a three-fold aim: (1) control soil lead hazards by applying mulch, (2) identify home lead hazards with screening kits, and (3) connect residents to resources to address lead hazards.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Student volunteers canvassed neighborhoods one month prior to the annual event. They requested consent for mulching, distributed lead screening kits, and screened residents for grant eligibility. Soil samples were collected from each home before mulching. According to principles of community-based participatory research, materials and plans were iterative, guided and adjusted by neighborhood association feedback, and detailed reports about home lead results were shared with each participating resident. Composite neighborhood data and survey results were shared with volunteers and community partners.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The project was evaluated in the third (41 homes) and fourth (48 homes) years of implementation. Before mulching, the median soil lead level was over 400 ppm, and after mulching, it was less than 20 ppm. Lead screening kits identified widespread lead hazards in paint, soil, and dust, but not water. Challenges remain in (a) increasing child blood lead testing and (b) increasing submissions for city grant funding for lead abatement. Evaluation surveys indicate a sense of ownership in the project among community partners and high levels of engagement among students.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Community-academic partnerships are an effective tool for lead poisoning prevention, generating evidence for public health action.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 2","pages":"141-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catalina Tang Yan, Yichen Jin, Emily Chalfin, Linda Sprague Martinez
{"title":"Interrogation, Negotiation, and Subversion of Power Differentials in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Catalina Tang Yan, Yichen Jin, Emily Chalfin, Linda Sprague Martinez","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To review empirical and peer-reviewed scholarly articles incorporating community-based participatory research approaches and examining discourses of how power differentials are interrogated, negotiated, and redressed within the partnerships using scoping review methodology following The Joanna Briggs Institute framework and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Articles were identified across five online databases: Embase, ERIC, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science.</p><p><strong>Review methods: </strong>Keywords used in the search strategy were (\"Community-Based Participatory Research\" OR \"Participa-tory Action Research\"). Peer-reviewed scholarly articles discussing in-depth power differentials within the partnership published in English between 2010 and 2020 were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicate scholars use critical reflexive qualitative methodologies to recognize and raise relevant questions of power issues between researchers and community stakeholders. Examination of individual biases, assumptions, and exertion of hierarchical top-down power is identified extensively. There is limited analysis on institutional and interdependent power. As a result of raising questions regarding power issues, individual actions to address emerging tensions and conflicts were reported. However, discussions on researchers' efforts to effect institutional and structural changes to redress power imbalances were limited.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Building strong and equitable participatory action research collaborations between researchers and community stakeholders remains an arena of continuous struggle. This review offers some insights and relevant implications to better address power issues within participatory action research partnerships and inform the work of professionals engaged in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion initiatives and policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 2","pages":"295-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment Barrier in Overdose Crisis: A Critical Participatory Action Study of an Inpatient Smoking Ban.","authors":"Casey Bohrman, Brie Radis, Brooke Feldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Amidst a national overdose epidemic some have expressed concerns that smoking bans in substance use treatment facilities could be a barrier to treatment. After the enactment of a smoking ban on treatment facilities in Philadelphia, university researchers partnered with a local syringe exchange to examine the impact of the ban on people with substance use disorders who were cigarette smokers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Utilizing a critical participatory action research approach, researchers used a convenience sample to access this hard-to-reach population through the syringe exchange and the organization's Facebook page. A sample of 112 individuals, including 80 men and 32 women completed an online survey asking about their utilization of inpatient treatment and the role of the smoking ban on entering treatment as well as leaving treatment early.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-four percent of respondents said that smoking had been a factor in past decisions about entering treatment and 50% said it would be a factor in future decisions. Of those who left inpatient treatment early, 85% said that smoking was a factor. University and community researchers used this data to help overturn the smoking ban at inpatient substance use treatment facilities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Smoking bans in inpatient facilities may serve as a deterrent to entering treatment and may contribute to individuals leaving treatment early. Results from this study suggest that people with substance use disorders need to be included in policy development regarding smoking restrictions.</p>","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":"18 4","pages":"471-480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143383543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}