TY - JOUR
T1 - Collaboration among community members, local health service providers, and researchers in an Urban Research Center in Harlem, New York
AU - Galea, Sandro
AU - Factor, Stephanie H.
AU - Bonner, Sebastian
AU - Foley, Mary
AU - Freudenberg, Nick
AU - Latka, Mary
AU - Palermo, Ann Gel
AU - Vlahov, David
N1 - Funding Information:
In response to community advocacy, Urban Research Center behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, and physicians experienced in asthma education collaborated with managerial staff members from child care providers in Harlem to devise a program for preschool-age children with asthma. Collectively, they planned a screening and education intervention, implementation of which relied primarily on the staff of two early child care centers. CUES led the effort in applying for funding and gaining approval from institutional review boards. The project was funded by the CDC, with subcontracts to the two early child care providers. Conceptually, this project aimed to improve self-regulation, one of the personal factors identified in the model of social determinants.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The Urban Research Center at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies brings together community members and researchers working in Harlem, New York. A Community Advisory Board (CAB) composed of community members, service providers, public health professionals, and researchers was formed to assist the Center's research and interventions and to guide community partnerships. Through a collaborative process, the CAB identified three public health problems - substance use, infectious diseases, and asthma - as action priorities. To deal with substance use, the Center created a Web-based resource guide for service providers and a "survival guide" for substance users, designed to improve access to community services. To deal with infectious diseases, the Center is collaborating with local community-based organizations on an intervention that trains injection drug users to serve as peer mentors to motivate behavior change among other injection drug users. To deal with asthma, the Center is collaborating with community child care providers on an educational intervention to increase asthma awareness among day care teaching staff, enhance communication between staff and families, and improve the self-management skills of children with asthma. The Center's experience has demonstrated that active communities and responsive researchers can establish partnerships that improve community health.
AB - The Urban Research Center at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies brings together community members and researchers working in Harlem, New York. A Community Advisory Board (CAB) composed of community members, service providers, public health professionals, and researchers was formed to assist the Center's research and interventions and to guide community partnerships. Through a collaborative process, the CAB identified three public health problems - substance use, infectious diseases, and asthma - as action priorities. To deal with substance use, the Center created a Web-based resource guide for service providers and a "survival guide" for substance users, designed to improve access to community services. To deal with infectious diseases, the Center is collaborating with local community-based organizations on an intervention that trains injection drug users to serve as peer mentors to motivate behavior change among other injection drug users. To deal with asthma, the Center is collaborating with community child care providers on an educational intervention to increase asthma awareness among day care teaching staff, enhance communication between staff and families, and improve the self-management skills of children with asthma. The Center's experience has demonstrated that active communities and responsive researchers can establish partnerships that improve community health.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50085-7
DO - 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50085-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12196612
AN - SCOPUS:0035522361
VL - 116
SP - 530
EP - 539
JO - Public Health Reports
JF - Public Health Reports
SN - 0033-3549
IS - 6
ER -