Community Engagement and Outreach Core

当一个社区参与整个研究过程时，该社区的研究更有可能产生有利的结果(Plumb等人，2008年)。社区参与和外联核心(CEOC)提供了新的基础设施，使马里兰大学种族、族裔和健康差距研究英才中心(COE)和地方、州和国家各级的其他机构能够部署有效的行动计划，以实现健康公平。CEOC将解决健康的结构性决定因素，并通过让城市和农村的非裔美国人和拉丁裔参与研究，并通过与资源丰富的组织合作来建立公众信任，这些组织与我们一样，真心希望在人类主题上更具包容性。CEOC还将利用通过与一些合作伙伴的合作安排获得的免费资源，这些合作伙伴包括：1)马里兰大学扩建项目；2)乔治王子郡卫生局；3)马里兰农村健康协会；4)Seat Pleasant大学健康伙伴关系；5)Identity，Inc.；6)社区优先；以及7)巴尔的摩健康开始计划。总的来说，这些组织致力于了解种族和族裔歧视对健康的影响，倾听少数群体的声音，让他们参与研究，并采取行动消除健康差距，以实现健康公平。合作伙伴承诺的进一步证据可在社区支持信中找到。

Research is more likely to produce favorable outcomes in a community when that community is involved throughout the research process (Plumb et al., 2008). The Community Engagement and Outreach Core (CEOC) provides novel infrastructure that will allow the University of Maryland Center of Excellence on Race, Ethnicity and Health Disparities Research (COE) and others at local, state and national levels to deploy an effective action plan to achieve health equity. The CEOC will address structural determinants of health and build public trust by engaging urban and rural African Americans and Latinos in research and by partnering with resource-rich organizations that share our genuine desire to be more inclusive in human subjects. The CEOC will also draw upon complimentary resources obtained through collaborative arrangements with a number of partners, including: 1) the University of Maryland Extension; 2) the Health Department of Prince George's County; 3) the Maryland Rural Health Association; 4) The Seat Pleasant University of Maryland Health Partnership; 5) Identity, Inc.; 6) Community First; and, 7) the Baltimore Healthy Start Program. Collectively these organizations are committed to understanding the impact of racial and ethnic discrimination on health, hearing the voice of minorities, engaging them in research, and taking action to eliminate health disparities to achieve health equity. Further evidence of the partners' commitment can be found in the Community Letters of Support.