Centering community voices in partnered mixed methods approaches to addressing health disparities with diverse communities

Project Type(s):
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Principal Investigator(s):
Co-Investigator(s):

Meaningful partnerships between community and academic/public health co-researchers are needed to address community mental health, wellbeing, and health disparities. Partnerships should center the strengths, needs, and interests of communities on the communities’ terms while building relationships on trust and shared power.

UW researchers in partnership with the Community Health Board Coalition (CHBC) have developed an initial draft of a Community-Centered Approaches to Research and Evaluation (CCARE) Toolkit to guide academic, public health, and community researchers in partnering to act on emerging community data during times of crisis and beyond. As a part of this work, we are striving to better understand and support community health priorities.


Project Period:
August 1, 2023 January 31, 2025

Accepting Trainees?

No

Funding Type(s):
State/UW

Funder(s):
UW Population Health Initiative

Geographic Area(s):
Washington

Practice Type(s):
Community-Based Organizations

Targeted Condition(s):
General Mental Well-Being, Health disparities

Theresa Hoeft, PhD, UW, Co-PI; Nora Coronado, MSW, UW/Latinx Health Board, Co-PI; Hugo Puerto PhD, MPH, UW/Community Health Board Coalition, Co-Investigator; Diem Nguyen, PhD, MEd, MPH, UW/Vietnamese Health Board, Co-Investigator; Lan Nguyen, PhD, MURP, UC San Diego/Vietnamese Health Board, Co-Investigator; Mariam Ali, PharmD, African Leaders Health Board, Site Co-Lead; Tina Abdul-Aziz, African Leaders Health Board, Site Co-lead; Lina Stinson-Ali, African Leaders Health Board, Site Co-lead; Giselle Zapata-Garcia, Latinx Health Board, Site Lead