Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action最新文献

{"title":"Tobacco Use, Quitting, and Service Access for Northern California Arab Americans: A Participatory Study","authors":"Juliet P. Lee, Lina Salam, Gamila Abdelhalim, Robert Lipton, Mark Myers, Sarah Alnahari, Walid Hamud-Ahmed","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907969","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Cigarette smoking rates have decreased in the United States, particularly in California. Despite representing a large population in the United States and particularly in California, Arab Americans are not typically assessed in tobacco-related health studies. Disparately high smoking rates have been found in community samples of Arab Americans. In a formative participatory research study, we aimed to assess experiences with tobacco products and access to cessation and prevention services for Arab Americans who use commercial tobacco products. Methods: In partnership with a community advisory board, we conducted a brief survey of adult Northern California Arab Americans who use tobacco products, both men and women ( n = 101), followed by assets mapping to identify services, and focus groups with a subset of survey participants ( n = 30), to assess tobacco product use, readiness to quit, and access to culturally appropriate cessation services. Results: The majority of people who smoked did so daily. Waterpipe use was as common as cigarette smoking, and more so for women. Intent to quit was offset by highly normative tobacco use in the social environment, and limited access to culturally appropriate cessation services. Conclusions: Improvement in outreach and services specific to Arab Americans may support prevention and cessation of commercial tobacco products.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588426","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":"Co-design of a Community-based Rehabilitation Program to Decrease Musculoskeletal Disabilities in a Mayan-Yucateco Municipality","authors":"Edgar Villarreal-Jimenez, Jose Antonio Lores-Peniche, Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas, Gabriela Cruz-Martín, Daniela Flores-Aguilar, Hazel García, Arturo Velazco Gutiérrez, Hugo Ayora-Manzano, Kenia López, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907964","url":null,"abstract":"Co-design of a Community-based Rehabilitation Program to Decrease Musculoskeletal Disabilities in a Mayan-Yucateco Municipality Edgar Villarreal-Jimenez, Jose Antonio Lores-Peniche, Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas, MD, MSc, PhD, Gabriela Cruz-Martín, MSc, Daniela Flores-Aguilar, Hazel García, Arturo Velazco Gutiérrez, Hugo Ayora-Manzano, PT, Kenia López, and Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, MD, MSc, PhD What Is the Purpose of This Study? • This manuscript describes the process of a community-based participatory research strategy implemented in a Mayan community to design a community-based rehabilitation program for people living with chronic musculoskeletal diseases. What Is the Problem? • Many people living in the Mayan community of Chankom have a musculoskeletal disease that limits their function and participation in community life. Therefore, there is a need to develop a rehabilitation program that decreases the disabling effects of these conditions, considering their specific sociocultural needs. What Are the Findings? • The community-based participatory research strategy was formed by four main processes: 1) forming and maintaining an alliance between academia and community representatives, 2) clarifying community needs, 3) integrating local and global knowledge, and 4) conducting shared-decision making efforts, all of which include the basic principles of community-based participatory research. • We co-designed a community-based rehabilitation program formed by six main components: 1) coordination of services, 2) provision of personal support, 3) provision of blood sampling services, 4) provision of specialized rheumatology and rehabilitation services, 5) implementation of health promotion strategies, and 6) provision of transportation, which mainly address the Health Component of the World Health Organization–community-based rehabilitation program matrix. Who Should Care Most? • This study is relevant for anyone trying to design a community-based rehabilitation program in Indigenous and other underserved communities with full engagement and participation of community members. Recommendations for Action • Community-based rehabilitation programs aimed at improving functioning of people living with disabilities in Indigenous contexts should be co-designed with the community, following a community-based participatory research strategy. [End Page e7] • Community members who contribute with working hours to the participatory effort should be adequately financially compensated for their time. • The future implementation of the six components of the co-design community-based rehabilitation program will likely improve the quality of services provided to this Mayan community and hence the function and quality of life of people living with chronic musculoskeletal diseases in this Indigenous community. [End Page e8] Edgar Villarreal-Jimenez Universidad Marista de Mérida Jose Antonio Lores-Peniche Universidad Marista de Mérida Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas Rheumatology Uni","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588260","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":"Community Partners' Perspectives on Partnering With an Academic Research Team to Promote Disability-inclusive Fitness Programming","authors":"Toni Liechty, Mina Woo, Laura A. Rice, Chung-Yi Chiu, Stacy Kirkpatrick, Kay Hankins, Elsie Hedgspeth, Ashley Nichols, Catherine Porter, Molly Smeltzer, Brynn Adamson","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907973","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Community-based fitness programs can support public health by providing access to physical activity opportunities for a vulnerable population with significant barriers. Unfortunately, programs specifically designed for people with disabilities (PWD) and staff training to promote inclusion for PWD in general population programs is limited. The current study aimed to review an on-going partnership that had formed to address this need. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess community partners' experiences with a community–academic partnership designed to implement a fitness program for people with multiple sclerosis and also to promote inclusion for PWD in community-based fitness programming. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six community partners who had been engaged in a formal partnership with the academic institution for 2 or more years to understand partners' experiences and perspectives about the partnership. Interviews were audio/video recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed thematically. Results: Participants described their experiences as falling into four main areas. Pre-partnership experiences (or lack thereof) shaped participants views on entering into academic partnerships. Communication and planning for mutual benefit were key to getting the partnership started. Partners identified challenges and factors for success while they were in the thick of partnership activities. Finally, evaluation allowed for assessment and improvement of the partnership itself and its ultimate goals. Conclusions: Findings suggest that academic–community partnerships can be ideal for promoting inclusion for PWD and highlight insights that can be used in the development of future partnerships.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588263","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":"Lessons Learned Implementing a Trauma-informed System of Care in Rural Communities","authors":"Christopher L. Minnich, Felicia J. Stehley, Lyndra J. Bills, RaeAnn M. Taylor, Jennifer L. Groff, Joseph M. Korney, Brittany E. Skrzypek, Shari L. Hutchison, Amy D. Herschell","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907979","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: The negative impact of trauma on health is devastating. Providers, especially those in rural areas, require support to implement trauma-informed care (TIC) on a systems level. Objectives: This paper describes a partnership of county behavioral health administrators, service providers, and a behavioral health managed care organization and steps taken over a 5-year initiative to enhance capacity and quality of community services to meet the needs of individuals in a rural setting to receive TIC. Methods: The initiative included trainings in evidence-based and best practices in TIC, improved trauma screening, development of TIC centers, and development of community-based networks for ongoing support. Lessons learned were summarized through discussions between partnership members. Lessons Learned: Shared ownership, opportunity to build networks, and continuous assessment of organizational strengths resulted in successful implementation and sustained practice. Challenges included turnover among staff and organizations. Conclusions: Building a TIC network across a rural health care system can be successful with long-term support and investment from multiple stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588414","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":"Community-Based Recruitment Strategies for Young Adult Pacific Islanders into a Randomized Community Smoking Cessation Trial","authors":"Sora Park Tanjasiri, Cevadne Lee, Mandy LaBreche, Jonathan Tana Lepule, Genesis Lutu, Vanessa Tui'one May, Jane Ka'ala Pang, Nasya Tan, Melanie Sabado-Liwag, James Pike, Patchareeya Kwan, Dorothy Schmidt-Vaivao, Lolofi Soakai, Melevesi Fifita Talavou, Tupou Toilolo, Paula Healani Palmer","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907977","url":null,"abstract":"Lung cancer represents the leading cause of cancer death for Pacific Islanders in the United States, but they remain underrepresented in studies leading to the lack of evidence-based cessation programs tailored to their culture and lifestyle.This paper aims to describe the development of culturally tailored and community informed recruitment materials, and provide lessons learned regarding implementation and adaptation of strategies to recruit Pacific Islander young adult smokers into a randomized cessation study.Development of recruitment materials involved a series of focus groups to determine the cessation program logo and recruitment video. The initial recruitment strategy relied on community-based participatory research partnerships with Pacific Islander community-based organizations, leaders and health coaches with strong ties to the community.Results/Lessons Learned: While the recruitment materials were well received, initial strategies tapered off after the first 3 months of recruitment resulting in the need to revise outreach plans. Revised plans included the creation of a list with more than 200 community locations frequented by Pacific Islander young adult smokers, along with the hiring of part-time recruitment assistants who reflected the age and ethnicities of the desired cessation study participants. These materials and strategies ultimately yielded 316 participants, 66% of whom were recruited by the revised strategies.Community-based participatory research approaches not only inform the design of culturally tailored intervention recruitment material and strategies, but also result in innovative solutions to recruitment challenges to address the National Cancer Institute's gaps in science regarding small populations.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588420","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":"Moving From Transactional to Relational: How Funders Can Work in Partnership With Black, Indigenous and People of Color Communities","authors":"Donald Cameron, Hazel Cameron, Jackie An, Michael Byun, Junko Yamazaki, Dominique Davis, Naomi Tagaleo'oa, Liz Huizar, Estela Ortega, Denise Perez Lally, Yusuf Bashir, Abdulahi Osman, Cilia Jurdy, Jaimée Marsh, Emma Catague, Haya Munoza, Kendrick Glover, Ginger Kwan, Joy Sebe, Jennifer Stanton, Josefina Gonzalez, Virgina Herrera-Páramo, CHIMAERA B, Jordan Faralanb, Russell Brooks, Jennifer Castro, Ruel Olanday, Alice Park, Nancy Shore","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907967","url":null,"abstract":"Moving From Transactional to Relational:How Funders Can Work in Partnership With Black, Indigenous and People of Color Communities Donald Cameron, Hazel Cameron, Jackie An, Michael Byun, Junko Yamazaki, Dominique Davis, Naomi Tagaleo'oa, Liz Huizar, Estela Ortega, Denise Perez Lally, Yusuf Bashir, Abdulahi Osman, Cilia Jurdy, Jaimée Marsh, Emma Catague, Haya Munoza, Kendrick Glover, Ginger Kwan, Joy Sebe, Jennifer Stanton, Josefina Gonzalez, Virgina Herrera-Páramo, CHIMAERA B, Jordan Faralanb, Russell Brooks, Jennifer Castro, Ruel Olanday, Jr., Alice Park, and Nancy Shore, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.P.H., What Is the Purpose of the Study? • Identify commonalities and shared struggles experienced by 14 Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) organizations belonging to the Racial Equity Coalition to inform collective action. • Understand what creates positive and challenging experiences with funders. • Identify recommendations for funders to become more culturally responsive. What Is the Problem? • Persistent educational racial disparities exist. • Racial Equity Coalition organizations require community-centered funding processes to support and sustain their culturally integrative youth services and system change work aimed at eliminating educational disparities. What Are the Findings? Recommendations for funders to enhance responsive funding practices • Incentivize collaboration instead of fostering competition. • Recognize persistent inequities and their impact on BIPOC communities. • Arrive at mutually agreed upon approaches with grantees versus having a \"one-size-fits-all approach.\" • Resist tendencies requiring BIPOC organizations to prove capacity more than White, mainstream organizations. • Eliminate linguistic and cultural barriers undermining organizations' abilities to secure grants. • Provide unrestricted, multi-year funding to allow BIPOC organizations greater agency to determine how to prioritize and allocate funding. • Support smaller BIPOC organizations to help them grow resources. [End Page e13] • Funders work with communities to co-determine how to revise grant-making processes. • Funders actively listen and be responsive to communities. • Funders recognize how BIPOC organizations are uniquely positioned to serve BIPOC communities due to their deep connections with the communities they serve. • Funders uproot dominant practices that do not foster racial equity. • Funders learn more about the power of BIPOC coalitions to address persistent educational disparities. • Funders hire more BIPOC individuals from affected communities into leadership positions. [End Page e14] Donald Cameron Racial Equity Coalition and United Way of King County Partnership 4C Coalition/Seattle Cares Mentoring Hazel Cameron Racial Equity Coalition and United Way of King County Partnership 4C Coalition/Seattle Cares Mentoring Jackie An Racial Equity Coalition and United Way of King County Partnership Asian Counseling and Referral Service Michael Byun Racial Equity","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588256","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":"Institutionalizing Community-engaged Translational Science in an Academic Institution: A Community Stakeholder-Driven Process","authors":"Michael R. Duke, Angela Sun, Paula Fleisher, Angela Gallegos-Castillo, Monique LeSarre, Joyce Cheng, Kara Young, Mark J. Pletcher, Tung Nguyen, Jane Jih","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907978","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Although studies have described the power imbalance in academic-community partnerships, little has been published describing how community-based participatory research–informed practitioners can change academic institutions to promote more effective community-engaged research. Objectives: This paper describes a university-funded community-based participatory project in which academic researchers and their community partners worked together to articulate, develop and advocate for institutionalizing best practices for equitable partnerships throughout the university. Methods: Findings derive from a collaborative ethnographic process evaluation. Results: The study describes the integral steps proposed to promote equitable community–university research collaboration, the process by which these principles and best practice recommendations were developed, and the institutional change outcomes of this process. Conclusions: When universities make even small investments toward promoting and nurturing community-engaged research, the quality of the science can be enhanced to advance health equity and community–university relationships can improve, particularly if based on trust, mutual respect, and openness to accomplish a shared vision.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588283","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":"Beyond the Manuscript: A Minimum Age for California's Juvenile Legal System: Lessons on Collaborative Research to Drive Legislative Change and Leveraging Collaborative Partnerships to Protect the Human Rights of Children Involved in the United States' Juvenile Justice System","authors":"Elizabeth S. Barnert, Melissa Coretz Goemann, Dafna Gozani, Hal Strelnick","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907984","url":null,"abstract":"Beyond the Manuscript: A Minimum Age for California's Juvenile Legal System: Lessons on Collaborative Research to Drive Legislative Change and Leveraging Collaborative Partnerships to Protect the Human Rights of Children Involved in the United States' Juvenile Justice System Elizabeth S. Barnert, Melissa Coretz Goemann, Dafna Gozani, and Hal Strelnick Welcome to Progress in Community Health Partnerships' latest episode of our Beyond the Manuscript podcast. In each volume of the Journal, the editors select one article for our Beyond the Manuscript post-study interview with the authors. Beyond the Manuscript provides the authors the opportunity to tell listeners what they would want to know about the project beyond what went into the final manuscript. In this episode of Beyond the Manuscript, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Hal Strelnick interviews Elizabeth S. Barnert, Melissa Coretz Goemann, and Dafna Gozani, authors, A Minimum Age for California's Juvenile Legal System: Lessons on Collaborative Research to Drive Legislative Changeand accompanying editorial, Leveraging Collaborative Partnerships to Protect the Human Rights of Children Involved in the United States' Juvenile Justice System. Your browser does not support the audio tag. Beyond the Manuscript. Click to hear audio Hal Strelnick: Good morning. I am Hal Strelnick, and I am the co-editor in chief of Progress and Community Health Partnerships, and welcome to our Beyond the Manuscript podcast. This morning we have the lead author, Elizabeth Bernert, for one of our manuscripts that are being published in this issue, as well as Melissa Goemann, who is the author of an accompanying editorial, and, an attorney, Dafna Gozani, who will be discussing the manuscript and the efforts in juvenile justice to establish a minimum age for arrest and prosecution. I am going to begin by asking each of them to introduce themselves and then we will talk about the manuscript and the article and the issue, Elizabeth? Elizabeth S. Barnert: Thank you so much for having us here. I am Liz Barnert. I'm an associate professor of pediatrics at UCLA. Much of my research focuses on young people involved in the juvenile legal system and particularly the intersection with health. And I'm also a clinician in Los Angeles juvenile halls. Hal Strelnick: Thank you. Melissa? Melissa Coretz Goemann: Thanks, Hal. My name is Melissa Coretz-Goemann. I'm the Senior Policy Counsel for the National Juvenile Justice Network, or NJJN, and we're focused on helping our members in state organizations all around the country to work on youth justice reform. Hal Strelnick: Thank you. Dafna? [End Page 549] Dafna Gozani: Good morning. I am Dafna Gozani. I am with the National Center for Youth Law, also known as NCYL. Our organization's work focuses on amplifying youth power, dismantling racism, transforming policy, practice, and culture, and I am part of our youth justice team, and we specifically focus on young people who come into contact with the justi","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588251","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":"Connect: Cultivating Academic–Community Partnerships to Address Our Communities' Complex Needs During Public Health Crises","authors":"Maria B. Pellerano, Diane Hill, Manuel E. Jimenez, Marsha Gordon, Myneka Macenat, Jeanne M. Ferrante, Zorimar Rivera-Núñez, Donita Devance, Daniel Lima, Brittany Sullivan, Benjamin F. Crabtree, Panos Georgopoulos, Emily S. Barrett, Dorothy J. Reed, Chris T. Pernell, Mary R. Dawkins, Beverly Lynn, Francis Dixon, Manuel Castañeda, Harold Garcia, Martin J. Blaser, Reynold A. Panettieri, Shawna V. Hudson","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907975","url":null,"abstract":"Black and Latino communities have been disproportionately impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 and we sought to understand perceptions and attitudes in four heavily impacted New Jersey counties to develop and evaluate engagement strategies to enhance access to testing.To establish a successful academic/community partnership team during a public health emergency by building upon longstanding relationships and using principles from community engaged research.We present a case study illustrating multiple levels of engagement, showing how we successfully aligned expectations, developed a commitment of cooperation, and implemented a research study, with community-based and health care organizations at the center of community engagement and recruitment.This paper describes successful approaches to relationship building including information sharing and feedback to foster reciprocity, diverse dissemination strategies to enhance engagement, and intergenerational interaction to ensure sustainability.This model demonstrates how academic/community partnerships can work together during public health emergencies to develop sustainable relationships.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135588415","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":"A Comprehensive, Community-Based Coalition to Address Racial Disparities in Chronic Disease: REACH in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania","authors":"Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Stephanie N. Christian, Andrea D. Casas, Hannah E. Hardy, Josh Feldmiller, Samantha Scott, Roderick Harris, Dara D. Mendez","doi":"10.1353/cpr.2023.a907976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.a907976","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Background: Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Initiative, Live Well Allegheny: Lifting Wellness for African Americans (LWA) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, aims to enhance health equity by addressing chronic disease in six African American communities via three key strategies: nutrition, physical activity, and community–clinical linkages. Objectives: This manuscript describes the coalition's partnership dynamics and evaluation methods with a focus on nutrition strategies. Methods: We have a network of committed partners implementing the strategies and we are evaluating our efforts using community asset mapping, county population-based survey data, qualitative process interviews, focus groups, and program performance measures. Results: The LWA coalition is the culmination of years of partnership building, which allows for more targeted activities related to health equity in the region. Thus far, the LWA coalition is thriving. The network of committed and talented partners in the nutrition strategy (healthy nutrition standards, food systems, and breastfeeding) reached 22 sites and more than 46,000 people during the first 2 years of the project. Process interviews conducted as part of the evaluation identified challenges and successes of implementation, and development of the coalition. Conclusions: This comprehensive evaluation approach supports formative processes, evaluation metrics, and prolonged sustainability plans of this community-based coalition.","PeriodicalId":46970,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Community Health Partnerships-Research Education and Action","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135895155","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}