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Engaging Communities in Research: Best Practices

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Roundtable
This session will list strategies that promote community involvement and engagement regarding best practices research.
Session Objectives: Identify appropriate intervention strategies designed to improve access to reliable health information. Describe the successes and challenges to working with the underserved communities. Explain the role of a Community Action Team in developing sociocultural-relevant materials and activities.
Moderator:
Christine Hackman, PhD, CHES, CSCS

Table 1
Successful community-based strategies to address health equity in preventing chronic diseases: Examples from the CPPW initiative   
Phyllis Ottley, PhD and Alicia Swann, MPA
Table 2
Promoting health equity through a collaborative neighborhood health & safety approach   
Cassandra Jackson, MBA
Table 3
Latino community accessing healthcare through the ventanilla de salud movil in southwest Kansas   
Johana Bravo de los Rios, BS, Yazmin Reyna, Alejandro Gutierrez-Ocampo, Edward Ellerbeck, MD, MPH and Paula Cupertino, PhD
Table 4
Comparing the effectiveness of a community developed listeriosis photo novella and a traditional didactic lesson among nutrition education program clients; A multi-level repeat measure study   
Michelle Snow, PhD, RN, Christy Porucznik, PhD, MSPH, Siew Sun Wong, PhD, Louisa Stark, PhD, Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH and Steve Alder, PhD
Table 5
An interdisciplinary approach to global health: The santiago practicum pilot   
Marlyn Delva, EdD, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, Alison Whitehead, MPH and Linda F. Cushman, PhD
Table 6
Best practices in improving access to reliable health information in rural areas: A pilot study in cluj county, Romania   
Alexandra Brinzaniuc, PhD candidate, Oana M. Pop, PhD(c), Razvan M. Chereches, MD PhD, Oana E. Marton-Vasarhelyi, MA, Catalin O. Baba, DVM, PhD and Madalina A. Coman, BA
Table 7
Community engagement for climate-ready communities: The role of community based participatory research (CBPR) in local climate adaptation planning and evaluation   
Semra Aytur, PhD, MPH, Paul Kirshen, PhD, Mimi Becker, PhD, Sylvia von Aulock, MS, Stephen Jones, PhD, Michele Holt-Shannon, MA, Bruce Mallory, PhD, Chris Keeley, MS, David Burdick, PhD, Paul Stacey, MS, Cameron Wake, PhD, Robert Roseen, PhD, Steve Miller, MS, Kalle Matso, PhD and Cory Riley, MS
  
Table 8
A multicomponent intervention for noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus prevention applied in three models of American Indian communities   
William E. Lambert, PhD, William H. Martin, PhD, Susan Griest, MPH, Judith Sobel, PhD, MPH, Linda Howarth, MA, Ga-lo Vann, Carol Sahme, BS, Sally Kosey, Cori Matthew, Tosha Zaback, MPH and Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD
Table 9
Capacity-building through a community action team: Findings from an intimate partner violence prevention program   
Amy Hammock, Ph.D., M.S.W., Mieko Yoshihama, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W. and Armina Eana, MPH
Table 10
Winnable community transformation grant strategies:Local priorities & perceptions   
Rebecca H. Reeve, PhD, CHES, Jill Simmerman, MPH, David Gardner, DA and Hillary Murphy
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Community-Based Public Health Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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