Community Engagement Core

社区参与核心(CEC)旨在开发、实施和评估基于社区的基础设施，以保持MHDRC研究人员和目标社区之间的联系。最终目标是通过建设社区能力和让社区参与研究研究的发展和实施进程，加强少数群体对研究的参与。将利用以社区为基础的参与性研究的原则和赋权模式来实现CEC的目标。CEC的领导人是目标社区的既定合作伙伴，核心将建立在MHDRC第一阶段和第二阶段期间发展的社区和机构能力的成功基础上，并通过健康差距方面的其他UAB计划。具体的施舍是：1)建立一个联盟，这将导致社区与MHDRC和UAB的调查人员之间建立有效的伙伴关系；2)通过教育和赋予社区成员能力，如社区组织和教会代表，并通过建立训练有素的社区志愿者网络，促进目标社区的能力建设；3)制定一项符合文化的计划，在与健康差距(糖尿病、癌症、心血管疾病等)有关的研究中加强招募和留住少数群体，重点是服务不足的群体；4)让社区伙伴参与应用和传播糖尿病、癌症预防和控制以及肥胖和高血压等心血管疾病风险因素等相关循证研究项目的研究结果；5)为调查人员和工作人员提供关于在种族/少数民族社区开展研究的最佳做法的培训和教育，重点是文化能力、生物伦理、风险评估、行为变化和CBPR原则。 意义重大。核心建立在P60 COE-MHDRC前两个阶段建立的强大社区基础设施之上。它继续和扩展了我们之前的工作，这些工作导致了对少数群体参与临床研究障碍的社会文化因素的理解。它在节目开发中考虑到目标受众的文化视角，使用形成性评估。社区将受益于参与与MHDRC调查人员关于研究议程的对话，并从传播循证做法中受益。MHDRC的调查人员将实现少数群体更多地参与研究，社区更多地接受MHDRC的研究议程，以及更明确的传播和干预可持续性途径。

The Community Engagement Core (CEC) aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a community-based infrastructure to maintain the link between MHDRC researchers and the targeted communities. The ultimate goal is to enhance minority participation in research by building community capacity and engaging the community in the development and implementation processes of research studies. The objectives of the CEC will be accomplished using the principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and the Empowerment Model. The leaders of the CEC are established partners of the targeted communities, and the Core will build on the success of the community and institutional capacities developed during Phases I and II of the MHDRC and through other UAB programs in health disparities. The specific alms are: 1) Establish a coalition that will lead to effective partnerships between the community and investigators from MHDRC and UAB; 2) Promote capacity building in the targeted communities by educating and empowering the community constituents, such as community-based organizations and church representatives, and by establishing networks of trained community volunteers; 3) Develop a culturally appropriate plan to enhance the recruitment and retention of minorities in research studies related to health disparities (diabetes, cancer, CVD, etc.), with emphasis on underserved groups; 4) Engage community partners in the application and dissemination of findings from relevant evidence-based research projects in diabetes, cancer prevention and control, and CVD risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension; 5) Provide training and education for investigators and staff on the best practices for conducting research in racial/ethnic minority communities, with emphasis on cultural competency, bioethics, risk assessment, behavioral change, and CBPR principles. Significance. The Core builds on a strong community infrastructure that was established during the previous two phases of the P60 COE - MHDRC. It continues and expands our previous work that led to understanding of the socio-cultural factors associated with barriers of minority participation in clinical research. It takes into account the cultural perspectives of the targeted audience in the program development, using formative assessments. The communities will benefit by participating in dialogue with MHDRC investigators about the research agenda, and from the dissemination of evidence-based practices. MHDRC investigators will realize enhanced minority participation in research studies, greater community buy-in to the research agenda of the MHDRC, and clearer routes of dissemination and intervention sustainability.