Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) in the Delta

描述（由申请人提供）：三角洲地区改变健康的信仰-学术倡议（FAITH）将把阿肯色大学医学科学（UAMS）（医学、公共卫生和护理学院）的学者和三角洲地区两个县（杰斐逊县和菲利普斯县）的社区信仰领袖和组织聚集在一起，这两个县是该县经济最落后的地区之一。在以往社区-学术合作伙伴关系的基础上，该项目将涉及跨县分享“最佳实践”方法（在以前的合作工作中发展起来的），并推进两个县各自开展新干预措施的规划进程。使用CBPR的“纯”概念，社区专家将选择一个卫生领域进行干预，并将与可以提供指导的UAMS学术专家相匹配。社区成员将接受与其选择的卫生领域有关的卫生政策教育，学者将接受社区专家关于合作研究的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Faith-Academic Initiatives for Transforming Health (FAITH) in the Delta will bring together academics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) (Colleges of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing) and community faith leaders and organizations in two counties in the Delta (Jefferson and Phillips Counties), one ofthe most economically disadvantaged areas of the county. Building on previous community-academic partnerships, the project will involve sharing "best practices" methods (developed in previous partnered work) across counties and moving forward a planning process for a new intervention in each of the two counties. Using a "pure" concept of CBPR, community experts will select a health area for intervention and will be matched with UAMS academics experts who can provide guidance. Community members will receive education about health policy related to their chosen health area and academics will receive training from community experts about partnered research. RELEVANCE: Rural African Americans suffer a "double dose" of health disparities related to both race and rural residency. Disparities are especially severe in the Arkansas Delta region, which is disproportionally affected by poverty. This planning project will build upon longstanding community-academic partnerships to plan for health interventions in two Delta counties (Jefferson and Phillips counties). "Best practices" will be disseminated across counties.