RCMI@Morgan: Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation

社区参与核心-摘要 社区参与核心的主要目标是促进社区之间有意义的互动， 社区和学术研究人员，以更好地了解和找到解决问题的根本原因， 传统的公共卫生方法未能充分解决城市健康差距问题 和社会科学研究，主要是由于服务不足的社区参与有限， research.被定义为一种合作的研究方法，基于社区的研究 研究（CBPR）旨在增加代表性不足的社区参与研究， 提高研究的相关性和质量，改进研究结果的传播， 冲击社区参与核心将作为招聘的基础设施， 增强社区合作伙伴的能力， CBPR。核心将被命名为社区联盟研究企业（CARE）， 位于摩根社区一英里内的摩根州立大学扩建大楼内。通过 关怀，社区合作伙伴满足同行，获得一个物理的地方与共享设备， 资源，并受益于CBPR项目的众多机会。核心将是一个学习 社区，学者和社区利益相关者相互学习，形成一个 智囊团，全面领导由许多人带头的减少健康差距运动 公共和非营利机构。CARE的整体领导和方向将由一个 社区指导委员会由代表各地方组织的成员组成。护理 将作为教师和学生在面向社区和社区培训的信息交换所， 从事研究，并提供机会，实践这种能力在现实生活中的背景下 社区共同的活动包括动员和招募基层成员， 专业人员，建立组织结构，能力建设，行动规划，评估 成果和制度化战略。在整个过程中，社区和学术界 合作伙伴将以平等的伙伴关系开展工作，设计相关的社区参与研究， 有效和文化上适当的产品和服务。CARE将与教师协同工作 参与研究基础设施核心和研究者发展核心的成员， 促进伙伴关系。援外社也有潜力成为产生新的高影响力的基础 创业倡议和改善服务不足社区的地方经济。

Community Engagement Core – Summary The main goal of the Community Engagement Core is to facilitate meaningful interactions between the community and academic researchers to better understand and find solutions to the root causes of urban health disparities which have not been fully addressed by traditional approaches to public health and social sciences research, mainly due to limited engagement of underserved communities in research. Being defined as a collaborative approach to research, Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) aims at increasing participation of underrepresented communities in research, enhancing the relevance and quality of the studies, and improving the dissemination of findings and the impact. The Community Engagement Core will serve as the infrastructure for recruiting and empowering community partners interested in finding solutions to urban health disparities through CBPR. The Core will be branded as Community-Aligned Research Enterprise (CARE) which will be housed in a Morgan State University’s extension building within the Morgan Community Mile. Through CARE, community partners meet peers, get access to a physical place with shared equipment and resources, and benefit from numerous opportunities for CBPR projects. The Core will be a learning community where both academicians and community stakeholders learn from one another and form a think tank for the overall leadership of the health disparities reduction movement spearheaded by many public and non-profit agencies. The overall leadership and direction of CARE will be overseen by a Community Steering Committee comprised of members representing various local organizations. CARE will serve as a clearinghouse for faculty and student training in community-oriented and community- engaged research and provide opportunities to practice such competencies in the real-life context of the community. Common activities include mobilizing and recruiting grassroots members and professionals, establishing organizational structures, capacity building, planning for action, evaluating outcomes, and institutionalizing strategies. Throughout these processes, community and academic partners will work in an equal partnership to design relevant community-engaged research resulting in effective and culturally appropriate products and services. CARE will work synergistically with faculty members involved with the Research Infrastructure Core and the Investigator Development Core to facilitate partnerships. CARE also has the potential to be a base for generating new high impact entrepreneurial initiatives and improving the local economy of underserved communities.