Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team
The Mountain West Clinical and Translational Infrastructure Network Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core has fostered academic-community engagement since 2018. States historically receiving lower levels of NIH funding are characterized by significantly higher proportions of rural and remote...
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| author | Reimund Serafica Lorraine S. Evangelista Tony Ward Jeffery Peterson Joseph Guerrero Lopez Julie Lucero Esther Erdei Kathryn L. Braun Andrea Bersamin Jenifer Thomas J.D. Wulfhorst Cheryl Jorcyk Rebecca Palacios Judith Owens-Manley Elizabeth Fore Ann Bertagnolli Chelsea Bellon Francisco S. Sy |
| author_facet | Reimund Serafica Lorraine S. Evangelista Tony Ward Jeffery Peterson Joseph Guerrero Lopez Julie Lucero Esther Erdei Kathryn L. Braun Andrea Bersamin Jenifer Thomas J.D. Wulfhorst Cheryl Jorcyk Rebecca Palacios Judith Owens-Manley Elizabeth Fore Ann Bertagnolli Chelsea Bellon Francisco S. Sy |
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| description | The Mountain West Clinical and Translational Infrastructure Network Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core has fostered academic-community engagement since 2018. States historically receiving lower levels of NIH funding are characterized by significantly higher proportions of rural and remote populations, as well as uniquely elevated percentages of Native American/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations compared to most other states. This case study highlights the Core’s efforts in advancing community-engaged research. Key initiatives included forming a CEO Core Steering Committee to recruit interdisciplinary investigators, establishing regional community advisory boards to identify research priorities, and creating a Resource Library and Training Portal for stakeholders. The Core also collaborated with other Cores to provide training, mentorship, and funding for community-engaged research. Despite these achievements, geographical and cultural diversity presented engagement challenges. Regular meetings between investigators and stakeholders ensured bidirectional communication and aligned goals. The Core transformed transactional engagement into meaningful collaboration, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary teams who understand community needs. Future goals include training academic teams, clinical providers, and community members, empowering early-stage investigators to share findings with partners, leveraging health records for research, and developing strategies to protect investigators’ time. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c968634cd5674b71914dbca33034b4bd2025-08-20T03:00:55ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612025-01-01910.1017/cts.2025.7Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach teamReimund Serafica0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5168Lorraine S. Evangelista1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-4186Tony Ward2Jeffery Peterson3Joseph Guerrero Lopez4Julie Lucero5Esther Erdei6Kathryn L. Braun7Andrea Bersamin8Jenifer Thomas9J.D. Wulfhorst10Cheryl Jorcyk11Rebecca Palacios12Judith Owens-Manley13Elizabeth Fore14Ann Bertagnolli15Chelsea Bellon16Francisco S. Sy17School of Nursing and Mountain West CTR-IN, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USAMountain West CTR-IN, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USASchool of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USASchool of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USADepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, NV, Las Vegas, USADepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USAUniversity of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Native Environmental Health Equity Community Engagement and Dissemination Core, Albuquerque, NM, USAOffice of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USADepartment of Biology and Wildlife, Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USAFay W Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USADepartment of Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USADepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, ID, Boise, USADepartment of Public Health Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USASchool of Social Work, University of AlaskaAnchorage, AK, USAIdaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USAMontana State University, Bozeman, MT, USAWestern Montana Area Health Education Center, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USADepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, NV, Las Vegas, USAThe Mountain West Clinical and Translational Infrastructure Network Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core has fostered academic-community engagement since 2018. States historically receiving lower levels of NIH funding are characterized by significantly higher proportions of rural and remote populations, as well as uniquely elevated percentages of Native American/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations compared to most other states. This case study highlights the Core’s efforts in advancing community-engaged research. Key initiatives included forming a CEO Core Steering Committee to recruit interdisciplinary investigators, establishing regional community advisory boards to identify research priorities, and creating a Resource Library and Training Portal for stakeholders. The Core also collaborated with other Cores to provide training, mentorship, and funding for community-engaged research. Despite these achievements, geographical and cultural diversity presented engagement challenges. Regular meetings between investigators and stakeholders ensured bidirectional communication and aligned goals. The Core transformed transactional engagement into meaningful collaboration, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary teams who understand community needs. Future goals include training academic teams, clinical providers, and community members, empowering early-stage investigators to share findings with partners, leveraging health records for research, and developing strategies to protect investigators’ time.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612500007X/type/journal_articleCommunity-based researchcommunity engagement and outreachacademic-community partnershiphealth inequitiesunderserved communities |
| spellingShingle | Reimund Serafica Lorraine S. Evangelista Tony Ward Jeffery Peterson Joseph Guerrero Lopez Julie Lucero Esther Erdei Kathryn L. Braun Andrea Bersamin Jenifer Thomas J.D. Wulfhorst Cheryl Jorcyk Rebecca Palacios Judith Owens-Manley Elizabeth Fore Ann Bertagnolli Chelsea Bellon Francisco S. Sy Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Community-based research community engagement and outreach academic-community partnership health inequities underserved communities |
| title | Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| title_full | Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| title_fullStr | Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| title_short | Collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities: The experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| title_sort | collaborating with and enabling diverse communities to address health inequities the experiences of a community engagement and outreach team |
| topic | Community-based research community engagement and outreach academic-community partnership health inequities underserved communities |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612500007X/type/journal_article |
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