186923 Small Group Discussions: Elements of Latino Community Partnerships

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 4:50 PM

Paula Espinoza, PhD , Department of Ethnic Studies & Community Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
This interactive session explores how community organizations and researchers can successfully collaborate to address cancer health disparities in the fastest growing population in the United States, Latinos, using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) model. This session will include discussions of important concepts to successful CBPR including: 1) the difference between cultural humility and cultural competence; 2) how to implement the guiding principles of CBPR; 3) creating an atmosphere of cultural safety for community partners; 4) exploring, understanding and reducing barriers to successful collaborative partnerships between researchers and community; and 5) lessons learned from applying the model in Latino communities.

Learning Objectives:
Identify the 11 key elements for successful Latino community partnerships.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have a PhD in socio-cultural psychology, received an NCI postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and health promotion at the UT-SHP, am an assistant professor in Ethnic Studies specializing in Chicano/Latino studies and have been named a Health Disparities Scholar by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. I am PI of a successful NCI-funded Community Networks Project which focuses on addressing Latino cancer health disparities using a community-based participatory model with 27 community partners.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.