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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Richard L. Lichtenstein, PhD, Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, 109 S. Observatory, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, 734 936-1316, lichto@umich.edu
Community based participatory research is closely related to community-oriented primary care, in that it provides a mechanism for communities to define and measure health issues that confront the community. The hallmark of community based participatory research is that it involves partnerships between community based organizations, health providers, and academic institutions and that all partners participate equally in all aspects of the research.
This presentation will provide an overview of one successful model of community based participatory research – the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (“Detroit URC”). The Detroit URC, established in 1995, is a partnership involving the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Detroit Health Department, eight community-based organizations, and Henry Ford Health System, through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The URC promotes and supports interdisciplinary, collaborative, community-based participatory research aimed at addressing community and family health concerns on eastside and southwest Detroit, and which enhances knowledge of those issues. The URC fosters the development of innovative community-based approaches to a variety of research and prevention projects focusing on public health priority areas identified by the URC Board, with the ongoing involvement of all partners in assessment, planning, implementation,
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.