Community Engagement/Outreach Core

社区参与/外展核心

• 批准号: 8618793
• 负责人: Earl Pike
• 金额: $ 15.26万
• 依托单位: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 至
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8618793
• 关键词: Address; Bilateral; Communities; Evaluation; Evaluation Research; Funding; Health Personnel; Individual; Intervention; Joints; Medical; Mentors; Modeling; Modification; Needs Assessment; Outcome; Patients; Performance; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Provider; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Resources; System; Time; Training; Trust; Work; base; community based practice; community organizations; evidence base; health disparity; member; outreach; practice-based research network; programs; skills; skills training; success

In our work with Cleveland's community organizations, we have found that most organizations have minimal or nonexistent capacity for research and evaluation. This minimal capacity for research and evaluation results in at least two problems. First, community organizations are not able to develop and maintain equitable bilateral partnerships with academic researchers to conduct community-based research projects. Second, organizations are limited in their ability to independently carry out many activities that are critical for their own success, such as performance of rigorous needs assessments, systematic identification of best practices, modification of pre-existing programs, development of new programs, obtaining competitive funding, and careful evaluation of program outcomes. We propose to combine potent aspects of navigators and practice-based research networks to more effectively connect Cleveland's communities and academic researchers in a manner that increases (a) community capacity for research and evaluation and (b) researchers' understanding of community perspectives. Specifically, we propose to train members of community organizations in research and evaluation skills. Training for these individuals (referred to as Community Research Navigators) will consist of course work, seminars, and a mentored research or evaluation project. We also propose to establish a network of community organizations that will conduct joint research or evaluation projects by pooling their time, resources, and expertise. This Community Based Research/Evaluation Network (CBRN) will also provide advising and support to the Community Research Navigators. Enhancing community research and evaluation skills has the potential to increase community understanding, trust, and involvement in research and evaluation activities. The proposed project may also serve as a model for dissemination of other skills to communities and community organizations.

在我们与克利夫兰社区组织的合作中，我们发现大多数组织的研究和评估能力很少或不存在。这种研究和评估的最小能力至少导致两个问题。首先，社区组织无法与学术研究人员建立和维持公平的双边伙伴关系来开展社区研究项目。其次，组织独立执行许多对自己成功至关重要的活动的能力受到限制，例如严格需求评估的表现，最佳实践的系统识别，修改预先存在的计划，开发新计划，获得竞争资金以及对计划成果的仔细评估。 我们建议将导航员和基于实践的研究网络的有力方面结合在一起，以更有效地将克利夫兰的社区和学术研究人员联系起来，以提高（a）社区研究和评估能力以及（b）研究人员对社区观点的理解。具体来说，我们建议培训社区组织成员的研究和评估技能。对这些人（称为社区研究导航员）的培训将包括课程工作，研讨会和指导的研究或评估项目。我们还建议建立一个社区组织网络，该网络将通过汇总其时间，资源和专业知识来进行联合研究或评估项目。这个基于社区的研究/评估网络（CBRN）还将为社区研究导航员提供建议和支持。 提高社区研究和评估技能有可能增加社区的理解，信任和参与研究和评估活动。拟议的项目还可以作为向社区和社区组织传播其他技能的模型。