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Extending Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) through Partnership Development, Capacity Building and Innovative Strategies: The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC)

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

Barbara A. Israel, DrPH , Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Zachary Rowe, BBA , Friends of Parkside, Detroit, MI
Ricardo Guzman, MSW, MPH , Community Health & Social Services Center, Inc, Detroit, MI
LaNeice Jones, MSW , Neighborhood Services Organization, Detroit, MI
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS , Executive Offices, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Amy Schulz, MPH, MSW, PhD , Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Richard Lichtenstein, PhD , Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ashley Weigl, MPH/MSW , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Julia Weinert, MPH , Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
  
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Background.The residents of Detroit experience a disproportionate burden of stressors, diseases, environmental exposures, and limited access to resources, given where they live, that contribute to health inequities. There is a growing need for new CBPR efforts that examine these determinants, translate findings into interventions and policies, and enhance capacity of all parties to achieve equitable partnerships.

Approach.The Detroit URC, a long-standing CBPR partnership established in 1995, is engaged in numerous strategies aimed at facilitating new partnerships and enhancing the capacity of community and academic entities to equitably engage in health disparities research, thereby extending the impact of CBPR. This presentation will describe and analyze the Center’s efforts, providing examples of these activities and outcomes, including: an online Community-Academic Research Network; a CBPR training tailored for community audiences; award of Small Planning Grants to foster partnership formation and pilot projects; and provision of mentoring and technical assistance. We will examine the role of infrastructure and the Center’s Board, involving community and academic partners in implementing and evaluating these efforts.

Outcomes. This presentation highlights an exciting and unique new direction in extending CBPR and underscores the critical role of infrastructure and partnership in fostering capacity to address health inequities. Our results include: enhanced capacity of numerous community entities and researchers to conduct CBPR, engagement of those not previously involved, and establishment of several new CBPR partnerships in Detroit. The availability of infrastructure support within standing partnerships may spur new collaboration and utilize existing community expertise to promote public health where we live.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Describe and analyze innovative efforts used to foster CBPR partnerships and enhance capacity of community and academic entities to equitably engage in health disparities research. List examples of strategies and activities that may be implemented to facilitate new CBPR partnerships, building off of existing community expertise. Explain the role of long-standing community and academic partners, and staff in the promotion and establishment of CBPR initiatives.

Keyword(s): Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration, Health Disparities/Inequities

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. I have published widely in the areas of community-based participatory research(CBPR) and health disparities and have extensive experience conducting CBPR in collaboration with partners in diverse ethnic communities. I am Principal Investigator of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center and am involved in several CBPR efforts to reduce and ultimately eliminate health inequities in Detroit.
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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