Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization whose primary goal is the partnering of higher educational institutions with their communities in order to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory research, and broad-based coalitions (Witten, 2008). Context Journal shares this goal and has therefore partnered with CCPH in order to provide its readers with new and exciting research from the 2008 CCPH conference. The following are the abstracts of information that was presented at the conference that complement the vision of the Research and Evaluation section. These abstracts demonstrate Context Journal’s goal of promoting community-oriented research.
Defining the CBPR Approach Through the Perspectives of Tribal People and Leaders
Session: Thematic Poster Session
Track: Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples' Health
Sub-Theme(s): Communities as Centers of Learning, Discovery and Engagement; Developing the Science of Community-Based or Practice-Based Evidence
Authors (Presenters in bold): Randy E. Elliott & Janice V. Brendible, Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, WA, USA; Rosalina D. James, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Community based participatory research has emerged as an important approach for framing academic/Tribal collaborations. The extent of Tribally shared control over research, however, has not been well established, and is rarely found in published literature resulting from these collaborations. The goal of this project is to use qualitative methods to define the perspectives of American Indian and Alaska Native members and leaders on how the CBPR process works best when partnering with academics to do health research.
THREE CASE STUDIES OF PARTNERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS: Creating Community and Institutional Partnerships for Social Change in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Session Format: Story session
Tracks: *Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples' Health; *Emerging Leaders
Intended Skill Level: Beginner
Sub-Theme(s): From Grassroots Movements to Policy Change; Communities as Centers of Learning, Discovery and Engagement
Authors (Presenters in bold): Sharon Bonython-Ericson, School of Public Health, Sydney University, Manly, NSW, Australia; Annabelle Hartnell, School of Public Health, Sydney University, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia; Sophia Leon de la Barra, School of Public Health, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Three research projects were generated by post-graduate students at Sydney University, and utilised community partnerships to identify and address areas of need within the community. By working collaboratively with community members, organizations, and academic institutions, these students were able to generate pathways for healthy communities through research. All three projects incorporate capacity building, community engagement and ownership, and sustainability in principle and practice.
To share information about how students facilitate partnerships and create pathways for research into communities
To illustrate how research students mobilise communities as partners in descriptive and intervention-based research
To demonstrate how mentoring programs can foster the development of early career professionals in public health
Session Learning Objectives:
To demonstrate how students can become engaged in meaningful partnership projects.
To demonstrate how students can develop partnerships by building bridges between academic institutions, organizations and communities.
To demonstrate the imporance of experiential learning opportunities such as mentoring relationships and work placement experiences
(20min) introduce case study of medication compliance
(20min) descriptive study of community knowledge about diabetes among ATSI adolescents
(20min) mentoring program developed for early career professionals
Evaluating integrated affordable and accessible housing
Session Format: Story session
Intended Skill Level: Intermediate
Sub-Theme(s): Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health; From Grassroots Movements to Policy Change
Authors (Presenters in bold): Joy Hammel, Occupational Therapy and Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; Janet Smith, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; Darrell Price, Housing Team, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, USA; Andrea Gossett, Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA; Beto Barrera, Housing Team, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, USA; Adele Barksdale, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, IL, USA
This session focuses on a participatory action research project to increase integrated affordable and accessible housing options. Done by a consortium of disability and aging activism and community housing groups, the project responds to the Olmstead decision mandating choice to live in least restrictive settings. Needs and barriers documented by a team of access auditors and peer evaluators with disabilities, and system change initiatives with policy makers will be shared.
To identify community-based participatory strategies for evaluating integrated housing needs and accessible and affordable features.
To summarize environmental barriers and strategies to increase integrated, affordable and accessible housing with people with disabilities.
To strategize methods to effect systems change and raise consciousness of constituents with disabilities and community organizations on housing rights.
Session Learning Objectives:
To compare and contrast assessment tools and methods to evaluate housing and community access features.
To ealuate home and community settings to identify key barriers and supports to community living identified by people with disabilities.
To strategize ways to audit and change housing policies at the local, state and national levels to reflect access legislation and constituency needs.
The session will start with a presentation of the project, tools used, and summary of results
Facilitated discussion with participants about housing policy specific to meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing and Olmstead mandates, including sharing of strategies to effect systems change at local and state levels.
Involving communities in developing best practice models
Session Format: Skill-building workshop
Track: Community-Academic Partnerships in HIV/AIDS
Intended Skill Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Sub-Theme(s): Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health; Communities as Centers of Learning, Discovery and Engagement
Authors (Presenters in bold): Alan Li, Regent Park Community Health Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; Yin-Yuan B. Chen, Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment, Toronto, ON, Canada; Josephine Wong, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
This workshop is grounded in the experiences of a community-based research that aims at improving mental health service access for immigrants/refugees living with HIV/AIDS (IandR-PHAs). The session focuses on how the research team involves IandR-PHAs to develop best practice models. This collaborative process challenges dominant methods of service development. It seeks to promote social inclusion by moving marginalized communities beyond the role of passive service users to become active contributors to the service planning process.
To highlight the importance of community-academic partnerships in developing service models that best fulfill the needs of the community.
To promote meaningful engagement of the marginalized communities in shaping a comprehensive strategy to overcome systemic service access barriers.
To showcase a successful example of how community-based and academic researchers cooperate to facilitate community capacity building and empowerment.
Session Learning Objectives:
To develop skills in engaging community stakeholders in the service development and reorientation processes.
To apply "concept mapping" in service model development as a strategy to facilitate community participation and empowerment.
To gain insights into the barriers and success factors in working with communities to develop a service model that reduces disparity and exclusion.
Facilitators will provide the background and the principles underpinning the study on improving IandR-PHAs' mental health service access.
Participants will undergo a concept mapping exercise to see how IandR-PHAs, service providers and other stakeholders work collaboratively to develop best practice models.
Facilitators and participants will discuss barriers and success factors in engaging marginalized groups, like IandR-PHAs, in the development of inclusive services.
Mobilizing for Black Fathers of Children with Special Needs
Sub-Theme(s): Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health; Developing the Science of Community-Based or Practice-Based Evidence
Authors (Presenters in bold): James C. Bridgers, Jr., Department of Family Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, The MayaTech Corporation, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Cecil H. Doggette, Communications & Marketing, Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Washington, DC, USA; Suzanne M. Randolph, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA; Jessie MacKinnon, Communications and Program Development, HSC Foundation, Washington, DC, USA; Oliver L. Roy, Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Washington, DC, USA; Lynwood F. McAllister, Community Prevention Treatment and Research, MayaTech, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Goal:Improve well-being and advocacy of Black fathers of children with special needs. Objective:Implement culturally sensitive intervention to increase fathers' coping, parenting, & advocacy. Methods:Activities with partners at HSCSN Pediatric Center (Washington, DC) resulted in:ecological/risk-resiliency framework;logic model; evidence-based program selection; funding; training for staff/fathers; cultural adaptation of intervention/evaluation; family strengthening; community enhancements.
Ahah! Aboriginal health and healing: Addressing health disparities among urban aboriginal communities with new partnerships
Track: Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples' Health; Community-Academic Partnerships in HIV/AIDS
Sub-Theme(s): Understanding and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health; Communities as Centers of Learning, Discovery and Engagement
Authors (Presenters in bold): Denielle A. Elliott, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Native Health Society, Burnaby, BC, Canada; Doreen Littlejohn, Vancouver Native Health Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Marian Krawczyk, Department of Sociology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Native Health Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The goal of this project is to identify barriers in access to & up-take of ARV and HEP C treatment among urban Aboriginal people living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and to raise awareness around culturally-competent HIV/HCV treatment for Aboriginal people. Our research methodology is primarily qualitative. We utilized a participatory action research (PAR) approach that emphasizes a partnership model that focuses on the creation of social change rather than on merely gathering information.
Building Research Capacity IN Community Based Organizations
Session: Thematic Poster Session
Sub-Theme(s): Communities as Centers of Learning, Discovery and Engagement; Developing the Science of Community-Based or Practice-Based Evidence
Authors (Presenters in bold): Marlynn L. May, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, USA; Jon G. Law, Center for Border Health Research, El Paso, TX, USA
A year-long research training demonstration project with three Research Teams created from each of three CBOs. Through a unique curriculum, each team designed and implemented a project grounded in a research problem in the community(ies) served. Each team created its instruments and data bases, and conducted data analysis. Final reports have been written, findings presented to community stakeholders, proposals for further research written, and conference presentations made by each team.
Achieving Sustainability in Service-Learning Partnerships: A Ten Year Follow-up Study of the HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS IN SERVICE TO THE NATION Demonstration PROGRAM
Session: Thematic Poster Session
Sub-Theme(s): From Grassroots Movements to Policy Change
Authors (Presenters in bold): Amanda L. Vogel, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Considerable resources are invested in creating community-academic partnerships for health, but partnerships may be discontinued when initial funding ends. Preliminary findings are presented from a study of the sustainability of service-learning partnerships implemented in 1994-1998 through the Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation demonstration program, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Results illuminate the grant's long-term impact on academic institutions and community partners, as well as the importance of contextual influences on the sustainability of service-learning.
Witten, A. (2008). Community-campus partnerships for health. Retrieved October 21, 2008, from http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/.
