226593 Translating community health data within home settings and assessing issues for change

Monday, November 8, 2010

Patricia Iwasaki, MSW , Health and Behavioral Sciences Program, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
George Ware, MS , STD HIV Section - Research and Evaluation Unit, Colorado Dept. Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO
Tracey Stewart, MEd , Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project Coordinator, Colorado Center for Law and Poverty, Denver, CO
Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart (TNH2H) conducted an environmental audit and survey of 950 residents living in five neighborhoods in northeast Denver and northwest Aurora. After larger community presentations and a local conference, the organization has continued to use multiple forms of outreach and education to translate the findings from the research to share and engage with community. In 2009, community members within a sub-committee of TNH2H submitted a pilot grant proposal to use household meetings and small group settings to disseminate study findings and gauge community interest for change. All aspects of organizational infrastructure will be discussed in the context of educational efforts and community building aimed at reducing health disparities. Successes and challenges in building community capacity, while also trying to impact institutional changes will be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe organizational infrastructure vital to successful CBPR dissemination of community health data. 2. Discuss lessons in disseminating community health data within five communities 3. Review new challenges from expanded survey efforts.

Keywords: Community-Based Health Promotion, Community Capacity

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified because I oversee content of the household meetings and chair community sub-committee.
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.

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