261506 Moving towards equity: Community leadership expanding capacity for CBPR

Monday, October 29, 2012

Melvin Jackson, MSPH , Strengthening The Black Family, Inc., Raleigh, NC
William Kearney, Reverend , Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Warrenton, NC
Mysha Wynn, MA , Project Momentum, Inc., Rocky Mount, NC
Al Richmond, MSW , North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, Healthy Workplace Initiatives, Durham, NC
Christina Hardy, MPH , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Alexandra Lightfoot, EdD , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD , Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Kristin Black, MPH , Gillings School of Global Public Health / Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
David Caldwell , Coalition to End Environmental Racism, Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, Chapel Hill, NC
Nettie Coad , The Partnership Project, Greensboro, NC
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc , TraCS Community Engagement Core, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Barbara Council , Community Enrichment Organization, Oak City, NC
Molly M. DeMarco, Post-docTrainee , Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Danny Ellis, MBA, PhD , St. Paul Baptist Church, Wilson, NC
Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH , Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Barbara Harris , Community Action Council, Wallace, NC
Nora Jones, MEd , The Partnership Project, Greensboro, NC
Jimmy Jean-Baptiste, BA , Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Bonnie Jones, MSW, MSPH , Community Engagement Core, TraCS, Chapel Hill, NC
Mac Legerton, ABD , Center for Community Action, Pembroke, NC
Tony Locklear , Native American Interfaith Ministries, Maxton, NC
Melvin Muhammad, BS , Essential Engagement Inc., Tarboro, NC
Naeema Muhammad , Concerned Citizens of Tillery, North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, Rocky Mount, NC
Donald Parker, BA , Project Momentum, Inc., Rocky Mount, NC
Florence Simán, MPH , Health Programs, El Pueblo, Inc., Raleigh, NC
Introduction: Equity is a core value undergirding community-based participatory research (CBPR), but it is hard for Community Based Organizations (CBO) to achieve, given funding mechanisms and institutional structures geared towards academic partners' needs. The last decade has seen growing support for CBO and community leaders who have relevant skills, knowledge and training, to be equitable partners in community engaged research. This presentation will highlight a model for transforming the way community partners are engaged and compensated to provide training and consultation to new and on-going CBPR partnerships.

Methods: A diverse group of community leaders have joined with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to develop a community engagement model through a supplement to NC TraCS, home of UNC's CTSA (Clinical and Translational Sciences Award). The model uses “CBPR Charrettes” as a problem-solving approach to address challenges facing community-academic partnerships at different stages of development.

Discussion: This presentation will discuss three outcomes of UNC's model: 1) new opportunities for community partners to co-lead project activities and provide community expertise; 2) the creation of CBPR Charrette guidance sessions to troubleshoot challenges and identify opportunities and resources for community-academic research partnerships; and 3) institutional impact or how the university has become more responsive to community needs as a result of these efforts.

Conclusion: Ongoing evaluation suggests that our approach has made an impact on the institutional culture of the university by strengthening the emphasis on community engagement and developing new ways to ensure that community expertise is valued.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Administration, management, leadership
Advocacy for health and health education
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify strategies for enhancing equity in community-academic research partnerships. 2. Discuss components of a new model for expanding CBPR capacity. 3. Describe a new role for Community Experts in the community engagement efforts of universities.

Keywords: Community Research, Community Capacity

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am currently a Progran Director of a CBO with a long history of CBPR, a Co-Investigator of a CPBR project. I am also a I am currently a Program Director of a CBO with a long history of CBPR, a Co-Investigator of a CPBR project. I am also a Community Expert with the project.Community Expert with the project.
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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