TY - JOUR
T1 - Bronx community collaborative opportunities for research and education
T2 - Implementation and evaluation of a community–academic partnership
AU - Blank, Arthur E.
AU - Weiss, Elisa S.
AU - Salcedo, Barbara
AU - Leach, Eileen Enny
AU - Rapkin, Bruce
AU - Barsanti, Franco
AU - Meissner, Paul
AU - Deleon, Samuel
AU - Hernandez, Paloma I.
AU - Walker, Elizabeth A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Each author has reported no competing interests and no conflicts of interest. This project was funded by NIH grant RC4 MD005783 and partially by P60 DK020541, with P30 DK111022 supporting manuscript preparation.. We acknowledge the commitment and contributions of the entire BxC2 ORE team at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and at Urban Health Plan, Inc., as well as the D. Samuel Gottesman Library at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Jennifer Lukin, BS, is gratefully acknowledged as project coordinator and for assistance with manuscript preparation.
Funding Information:
Building capacity for community-based research was the goal of the partnership. Metrics such as the number of grant proposals submitted by the partnership, those funded, and co-authored publications can be considered as measures of enhanced research capacity and productivity. Research proposals of value to this community included: a postpartum smoking cessation program, a life enhancement program for HIV-positive patients, and obesity prevention for young mothers. Successfully funded studies included an NIH pilot grant on a peer-driven intervention to increase adherence to cervical cancer screening and a PCORI grant on improving cancer screening among women with untreated anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. In year 2 of funding, CAP members co-authored a publication describing quality improvement successes in the UHP asthma program.19
Funding Information:
Each author has reported no competing interests and no conflicts of interest. This project was funded by NIH grant RC4 MD005783 and partially by P60 DK020541, with P30 DK111022 supporting manuscript preparation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Background: Collaborations between community health and academic partners hold promise for improving community health through research. Objectives: To develop, implement, and evaluate a partnership to build capacity for community-based research. Methods: Development of the partnership was based on a participatory model that aimed to nurture strong infrastructure, clear communication, and trust between partners. Research training was individualized to assessed needs. Methods of evaluation included online surveys of partnership members comparing years 1 and 2 and appreciative inquiry (AI) interviews in year 3. Results and Lessons Learned: Course corrections from year 1 responses were implemented, and reflected in improvements on the second survey. Interviews highlighted mutual benefits of infrastructure developed in partnership; threats to sustainability were identified. Lessons learned included the importance of early course correction based on feedback, opportunities for communication, and building trust and a shared language. Conclusions: Partnerships develop through commitment and trust. Routine assessments and course correction may enable productive research partnerships.
AB - Background: Collaborations between community health and academic partners hold promise for improving community health through research. Objectives: To develop, implement, and evaluate a partnership to build capacity for community-based research. Methods: Development of the partnership was based on a participatory model that aimed to nurture strong infrastructure, clear communication, and trust between partners. Research training was individualized to assessed needs. Methods of evaluation included online surveys of partnership members comparing years 1 and 2 and appreciative inquiry (AI) interviews in year 3. Results and Lessons Learned: Course corrections from year 1 responses were implemented, and reflected in improvements on the second survey. Interviews highlighted mutual benefits of infrastructure developed in partnership; threats to sustainability were identified. Lessons learned included the importance of early course correction based on feedback, opportunities for communication, and building trust and a shared language. Conclusions: Partnerships develop through commitment and trust. Routine assessments and course correction may enable productive research partnerships.
KW - Access
KW - And evaluation
KW - Community health partnerships
KW - Community health research
KW - Evaluation studies
KW - Health care evaluation mechanisms
KW - Health care quality
KW - Process issues
KW - Program evaluation
KW - Quality of health care
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2019.0055
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2019.0055
M3 - Article
C2 - 31564668
AN - SCOPUS:85072745531
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 13
SP - 273
EP - 282
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 3
ER -