Community Engagement/Outreach Core

社区外联核心将建立在与广泛和多样化的 以社区为基础的组织，以加强社区能力，以减少#年妇女的健康差距 德克萨斯州北部。提出了三项外联和预防举措：(1)艾滋病毒外联和预防 该倡议与La Sima基金会和达拉斯家庭接入网络的青年角度合作，将 提供艾滋病毒预防/降低风险教育、人际沟通技能培养和转介 为高危年轻女性提供相关的医疗和社会服务；(2)肥胖推广和预防 该倡议与大达拉斯地区减少儿童肥胖症联盟合作，将制定一项 与一些服务不足的社区结成战略联盟，在母亲中建立能力，以减少 他们所在社区的肥胖差异；和(3)乳腺癌推广和预防行动，在 与达拉斯癌症差异联盟合作，将在塔兰特县建立一个姐妹联盟，以 加强社区基础设施建设，减少乳腺癌差距。这些由社区领导的倡议 合作伙伴，与各自的中心研究项目协调，并专注于加强 改善预防、武装社区和建立信任的知识和态度。核心将由以下人员领导 Kathryn Cardarelli博士，社区健康中心主任，由Dawn J. Dickerson-Sankofa，塔兰特县公共卫生健康公平协调员。这两个女人，她们 有合作和指导他人建立社区-学术合作伙伴关系的历史，将共同努力 确保所有活动符合社区优先事项，并体现真正的伙伴关系。一个重要的 社区外联核心的长期目标是创建可持续的预防模式， 在类似的社区复制，以减少健康差距。虽然拟议的外展和 预防措施的重点是妇女的艾滋病毒、肥胖和乳腺癌，我们相信这些项目 具有适应性，并纳入了促进减少低收入人群其他健康差距的组成部分， 种族和少数民族社区。

The Community Outreach Core will build upon robust partnerships with a broad and diverse array of community-based organizations to enhance community capacity to reduce women's health disparities in North Texas. Three outreach and prevention initiatives are proposed: (1) the HIV Outreach and Prevention Initiative, in partnership with La Sima Foundation and the Dallas Family Access Network's Youth Angle, will provide HIV prevention/risk reduction education, interpersonal communication skills-building, and referrals to relevant medical and social services for high-risk young women; (2) the Obesity Outreach and Prevention Initiative, in partnership with the Greater Dallas Area Coalition to Reduce Childhood Obesity, will develop a strategic alliance with a number of underserved communities to build capacity among mothers to reduce the obesity disparities in their neighborhoods; and (3) the Breast Cancer Outreach and Prevention Intitiative, in collaboration with the Dallas Cancer Disparities Coalition, will build a sister coalition in Tarrant County to enhance community infrastructure to reduce breast cancer disparities. These initiatives, led by community partners, are coordinated with the respective Center research proejcts and are focused on enhancing knowledge and attitudes to improve prevention, equip the community and build trust. The Core will be led by Kathryn Cardarelli, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Community Health, and co-directed by Dawn J. Dickerson-Sankofa, Health Equity Coordinator for Tarrant County Public Health. These two women, who have a history of collaboration and guiding others in building community-academic partnerships, will together assure that all activities are responsive to community priorities and reflect true partnership. An important long-term goal for the Community Outreach Core is to create sustainable prevention models that can be replicated in similar communities to reduce health disparities. Although the proposed outreach and prevention initiatives are focused on HIV, obesity, and breast cancer in women, we believe that the projects are adaptable and incorporate components to promote reduction of other health disparities in low-income, racial and ethnic minority communities.