Community Connections and Collaboration Project

描述(由申请人提供)：社区联系和合作项目旨在解决健康差距，特别是居住在明尼阿波利斯-圣彼得堡的非洲移民妇女和女孩所经历的健康差距。通过与以社区为基础的非洲移民和难民组织建立伙伴关系，确定非洲妇女和女孩对其健康和健康教育优先事项的看法，共同设计社区学习和转化性研究，以解决社区确定的优先事项，从而在保罗地区建立伙伴关系。这一学术-社区伙伴关系的基本和最终目标是赋予社区权力，使非洲妇女和女孩及其家人有权表达她们的健康关切，并积极参与寻找和执行对她们的健康和福祉至关重要的解决办法。参与性行动和社区变革综合意识(IMPACT)模式将在以社区为基础的非洲领导的组织、圣凯瑟琳学院和明尼苏达国际卫生志愿者之间的学术-社区伙伴关系中实施。作为一个过程，影响为社区卫生专业人员提供指导，这些专业人员与有关社区成员合作，询问社区卫生问题(如适当的外展和向移民群体传播卫生信息)，共同致力于解决这一问题，积极参与社区和组织学习的规划和组织工作，并反思和本能地向社区、组织和机构注入新思想。与传统的社区卫生规划模式不同，Impact分为询问、会议、合作、想象力、构思和融合六个阶段。在最后三个阶段扩大对话以包括保健组织、当地学校和服务组织等关键利益攸关方之前，建立了与非洲移民组织和非洲妇女和女童的调查伙伴关系。强大的基层社区联系对社区联系和协作项目的成功至关重要。 消除移民人口的健康差距对公共卫生至关重要。与不同社区建立有意义的联系并有效地建立伙伴关系是改善公共卫生的核心因素，需要个人和社区学习。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Community Connections and Collaboration Project intends to address health disparities, specifically the health disparities experienced by African immigrant women and girls residing in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area by establishing partnerships with community-based African immigrant and refugee organizations, identifying African women's and girls' perspectives of their health and health education priorities, and co-designing community learning and translational research to address the community-identified priorities. The essential and ultimate goal of this academic-community partnership is community empowerment such that African women and girls and their families are empowered to express their health concerns and actively participate in finding and implementing solutions of crucial importance to their health and well being. The Integrated Mindfulness for Participatory Action and Community Transformation (IMPACT) model will be implemented in an academic-community partnership between community-based, African-led organizations, the College of St. Catherine, and Minnesota International Health Volunteers. IMPACT as a process provides guidance to community health professionals who, in partnership with concerned community members, inquire about community health concerns (such as appropriate outreach and health information dissemination to immigrant groups), develop a shared commitment to address the concern, actively participate in the work of planning and organizing for community and organizational learning, and reflectively and reflexively infuse new ideas into communities, organizations, and institutions. Departing from the traditional model of community health planning, IMPACTS six stages include inquiring, meeting, partnering, acting imaginatively, crafting, and transfusing. Inquiry partnerships with African immigrant organizations and African women and girls are established before expanding the dialogue in the final three stages to include key stakeholders, such as health care organizations, local schools, and service organizations. The strong, grassroots community link is vital to the success of the Community Connections and Collaboration project. Eliminating health disparities in immigrant populations is essential to public health. Connecting meaningfully and partnering effectively with diverse communities are central factors in improving public health and require individual as well as community learning.