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Sarah Finocchario-Kessler1, Christina Pacheco1, Emily Morrow1
1Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Christina Pacheco, Kristina Bridges, K. Allen Greiner, Kara Knapp, Nadine Long, Antonio Míras Neira, Angela Scott, Daniel J. Parente, Joseph W. LeMaster, Erin Corriveau, and Jennifer Woodward are with the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. Emily Morrow, Vicki Collie-Akers, Clarissa Carrillo, Tatiana Darby, Mariana Ramírez, Sharon Fitzgerald Wolff, and Edward F. Ellerbeck are with the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. Elizabeth Ablah and Allison Honn are with the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Wichita. Jody Love is at Healthy Bourbon County Action Team, Fort Scott, KS. Yvonnes Chen is at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Mary Ricketts is at Turning Point Training and Development LLC, Kansas City, KS. The COPE Team includes staff and partners from more than 20 counties across Kansas.
Abstract:
The Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE) Project was implemented in 20 counties across Kansas to build capacity to address health equity by forming local health equity action teams (LHEATS), hiring and training community health workers, facilitating state-wide learning collaboratives, and tailoring communication strategies. We conducted interviews and focus groups with project stakeholders who identified pragmatic recommendations related to LHEAT formation and leadership, establishing trust, nurturing autonomy, and optimizing impact. Insights can improve future community-based health equity efforts. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S7):S570-S574. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307802).
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