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Published on: July 27, 2018
Building Community Research Capacity to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities
Elizabeth K Towner1, Rhonda K Dailey1, April Idalski Carcone1
1Elizabeth K. Towner, Rhonda K. Dailey, April Idalski Carcone, Aisha T. Langford, Abigale Vaquera, Brandon Crittenden, Suliah Apatira, and Deborah A. Ellis are with the Division of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Family Medicine & Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Ijeoma N. Opara is with the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Robinson Salazar Rua is with the Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Parada Jordan is with the Office of Community Engaged Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Karen Young and Dara E. Harris are with the Cardiovascular Health Equity Action Council, ACHIEVE GREATER center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Hayley S. Thompson is with the Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, and the Population Studies and Disparities Research Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI. Phillip D. Levy is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, and the Integrated Biosciences Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Abstract:
Evidence-based tools that build community capacity to partner across the continuum of research and models for knowledge and skill translation to support community-academic research partnerships are needed. We adapted the Michigan Cancer Healthlink model to derive a curriculum that significantly increased cardiovascular health equity research capacity among Black adults. This curriculum yielded high participation in community-engaged research activities (e.g., grant reviews) in which community members could meaningfully utilize newly acquired skills and knowledge. (Am J Public Health. 2025;115(S2):S143-S147. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308071).
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