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 社区和学术研究人员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尚未完全解决的城市卫生差距 和社会科学研究，主要是由于未得到充分服务的社区在 研究。被定义为协作研究方法，基于社区的参与式 研究(CBPR)旨在增加代表不足的社区对研究的参与， 提高研究的相关性和质量，并改进研究结果和 冲击力。社区参与核心将作为招聘和 使社区合作伙伴有兴趣通过以下方式找到解决城市健康差距的办法 CBPR。核心将被命名为与社区一致的研究企业(CARE)，这将是 位于摩根社区英里内的摩根州立大学的扩建大楼里。穿过 关怀、社区合作伙伴与同龄人见面，使用共享设备访问物理场所，以及 资源，并从CBPR项目的众多机会中受益。核心将是一种学习 院士和社区利益相关者相互学习并形成 智囊团，全面领导由许多人带头的缩小健康差距运动 公共和非营利性机构。全面的领导和护理方向将由一名 由代表各种地方组织的成员组成的社区指导委员会。关怀 将作为教职员工和学生进行社区导向和社区培训的交流中心 从事研究，并提供机会在现实生活中实践这种能力 社区。共同活动包括动员和招募基层成员以及 专业人员，建立组织结构，能力建设，行动规划，评价 结果，并使战略制度化。在这些过程中，社区和学术 合作伙伴将在平等的伙伴关系中合作，设计相关的社区参与研究，从而 有效和适合文化的产品和服务。CARE将与教职员工协同工作 参与研究基础设施核心和调查者开发核心的成员 促进伙伴关系。CARE也有可能成为产生新的高影响的基础 创业举措和改善服务不足社区的当地经济。

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.