Diane Calleson was a Community Health Scholar at University of North Carolina School of Public Health ('99 - '00). United Voices, located in rural, Orange County, North Carolina, is a minority-led, community-based organization that has recently acquired its 501C3 status. United Voices is well acquainted with the ideals and principles of participatory action research from its involvement in both the Community-Based Public Health Initiative and the Community Health Scholars Program. As a scholar, Dr. Calleson worked with them to increase their organizational capacity so that they can enhance community programs, and continue to serve as a viable, long-term partner with public and private agencies to improve the health outcomes of their community.
This presentation will highlight the process of working collaboratively with the United Voices leaders to: (1) define goals for recruitment, (2) determine the individuals, agencies and business leaders to interview; (3) develop sets of interview questions, (4) analyze the information gathered in the interviews (5) and develop strategies for recruitment and retention of United Voices members. The second part of the presentation will focus on lessons learned from working in a community-based, participatory research context and will emphasize the importance of working with local, community-based organizations as a strategy for enhancing community development. Finally, Dr. Calleson will discuss how this postdoctoral experience prepared her for her current work.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe examples of community-based participatory research. 2. Discuss preliminary findings in the process of working collaboratively with coalitions to build organizational capacity to participate in community-based partnership work. 3. Identify lessons learned in post-doctoral program about the process of conducting community-based participatory research. 4. Discuss the impact of the Community Health Scholars Program experience in current work/research
Keywords: Community Research, Community-Based Partnership
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.