Community Engagement/Outreach Core

社区外展核心将建立在与广泛而多样化的伙伴关系的基础上 社区组织加强社区能力，减少妇女在保健方面的差距， 北德克萨斯。提出了三项外联和预防举措：（1）艾滋病毒外联和预防 该倡议与La Sima基金会和达拉斯家庭接入网络的青年角度合作，将 提供艾滋病毒预防/降低风险教育、人际沟通技能建设，并将其转介给 为高危青年妇女提供相关的医疗和社会服务;（2）肥胖症外展和预防 该倡议与大达拉斯地区减少儿童肥胖联盟合作，将制定一项 与一些服务不足的社区建立战略联盟，在母亲中建立能力， 肥胖的差距在他们的社区;和（3）乳腺癌外展和预防倡议，在 与达拉斯癌症差异联盟合作，将在塔兰特县建立一个姐妹联盟， 加强社区基础设施，以减少乳腺癌的差距。这些倡议由社区领导， 合作伙伴，与各自的中心研究项目协调，并专注于提高 知识和态度，以改进预防工作，为社区提供装备，并建立信任。核心将由 凯瑟琳·卡达雷利博士社区卫生中心主任，由Dawn J.共同指导。 迪克森·桑科法，塔兰特县公共卫生健康公平协调员。这两个女人， 有合作的历史，并指导他人建立社区-学术伙伴关系，将共同 确保所有活动都符合社区的优先事项，并反映真正的伙伴关系。一个重要 社区外展核心的长期目标是创建可持续的预防模式， 在类似社区复制，以减少健康差距。尽管拟议的外联和 预防措施的重点是艾滋病毒，肥胖症和乳腺癌的妇女，我们相信， 具有适应性，并纳入了促进减少低收入群体其他健康差距的组成部分， 种族和少数民族社区。

The Community Outreach Core will build upon robust partnerships with a broad and diverse array of community-based organizations to enhance community capacity to reduce women's health disparities in North Texas. Three outreach and prevention initiatives are proposed: (1) the HIV Outreach and Prevention Initiative, in partnership with La Sima Foundation and the Dallas Family Access Network's Youth Angle, will provide HIV prevention/risk reduction education, interpersonal communication skills-building, and referrals to relevant medical and social services for high-risk young women; (2) the Obesity Outreach and Prevention Initiative, in partnership with the Greater Dallas Area Coalition to Reduce Childhood Obesity, will develop a strategic alliance with a number of underserved communities to build capacity among mothers to reduce the obesity disparities in their neighborhoods; and (3) the Breast Cancer Outreach and Prevention Intitiative, in collaboration with the Dallas Cancer Disparities Coalition, will build a sister coalition in Tarrant County to enhance community infrastructure to reduce breast cancer disparities. These initiatives, led by community partners, are coordinated with the respective Center research proejcts and are focused on enhancing knowledge and attitudes to improve prevention, equip the community and build trust. The Core will be led by Kathryn Cardarelli, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Community Health, and co-directed by Dawn J. Dickerson-Sankofa, Health Equity Coordinator for Tarrant County Public Health. These two women, who have a history of collaboration and guiding others in building community-academic partnerships, will together assure that all activities are responsive to community priorities and reflect true partnership. An important long-term goal for the Community Outreach Core is to create sustainable prevention models that can be replicated in similar communities to reduce health disparities. Although the proposed outreach and prevention initiatives are focused on HIV, obesity, and breast cancer in women, we believe that the projects are adaptable and incorporate components to promote reduction of other health disparities in low-income, racial and ethnic minority communities.