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  • Health Equity

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  • Health inequities disproportionately affect communities, yet local residents possess crucial insights for feasible solutions.
  • Community organizing is an established method for empowering residents to identify priorities and advocate for change in public health.
  • Existing frameworks can be strengthened to enhance community power and capacity in addressing health disparities.

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  • To introduce the Community Health Leaders (CHL) Program as a model for community-centered leadership development.
  • To demonstrate how leadership development can be a strategy for advancing health equity.
  • To strengthen community power and capacity within a public health context.

Main Methods:

  • Development and implementation of the Community Health Leaders (CHL) Program by the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE).
  • Partnership involving Southern Connecticut State University, Yale School of Public Health, and the New Haven community.
  • Focus on equipping residents with advocacy skills and support.

Main Results:

  • The CHL Program provides a replicable model for community-centered leadership development.
  • The initiative strengthens community power by equipping residents with advocacy skills.
  • The program contributes to building capacity for addressing local public health priorities.

Conclusions:

  • Investing in programs like CHL is essential for creating responsive public health policies and programs.
  • Community-centered leadership development can effectively reduce health inequities.
  • Strengthening community power through initiatives like CHL has the potential to improve overall health outcomes.