Community Engagement Core

摘要-社区参与核心 健康差距(HD)对种族和民族多样性社区的影响不成比例，其结果是 具有历史、社会、政治和环境根源的一系列复杂因素。解决高清问题需要 在基于社区和社区参与的基础上运作的利益相关者之间有意义的伙伴关系 原则。北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)健康差距研究中心(RCHDR) 包括社区参与核心(CEC)，目标是加强社区参与和 在北部服务不足的少数族裔社区与社区利益攸关方建立牢固的伙伴关系 卡罗莱纳。在最初的资助期间，我们能够将CEC建立为一个以社区为中心的值得信赖的来源 有几个关键的重点领域。除了我们社区面临的努力和活动外，社区的一部分 能力建设的重点是研究人员，我们召集了一个致力于深思熟虑和道德规范的小组 研究，如我们的“用心研究”品牌所示，是“NCCU团队”的研究。在这场竞争性的更新中，通过 创新和符合文化的社区参与努力，NCCU-CEC将继续建立和 支持社区能力，与以社区为基础的组织和公共卫生建立关系 部门，响应卫生需求，促进有文化能力的研究，增加研究 参与并传播RCHDR研究项目的成果。CEC的目标包括1) 通过创建基于社区的网络(CBN)促进可持续的社区伙伴关系；2)利用 专门知识，以支持和建设我们服务不足的社区的能力，以及3)建立一个双 定向社区研究和翻译中心，传播卫生信息和研究成果 提供给不同的社区利益相关者。

Abstract – Community Engagement Core Heath Disparities (HD) disproportionately affects racially and ethnically diverse communities and are the result of a complex set of factors that have historical, social, political, and environmental roots. Addressing HD requires meaningful partnerships across stakeholders that operate from community-based and community engagement principles. North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) RCMI Center for Health Disparities Research (RCHDR) includes a Community Engagement Core (CEC) with a goal of strengthening community engagement and building strong partnerships with community stakeholders in underserved, minority communities of North Carolina. During initial funding we were able to establish the CEC as a community-centered and trusted source with several key focus areas. In addition to our community facing efforts and activities, part of the community capacity building focused on researchers where we convened a group committed to thoughtful and ethical research, as seen in our ‘Research with Care’ brand, of ‘TEAM NCCU’. In this competitive renewal, through innovative and culturally appropriate community engagement efforts, the NCCU-CEC will continue to build and support community capacity, establish relationships with community-based organizations, and public health departments, be responsive to health needs, promote culturally competent research, increase research participation, and disseminate findings from RCHDR research projects. Objectives of the CEC include 1) Fostering sustainable community partnerships by creating a community-based network (CBN), 2) Leveraging expertise to support and build capacity for and in our underserved communities, and 3) Establishing a bi- directional Community Research and Translation Hub to disseminate health information and research findings to diverse community stakeholders.