A Community-Engaged Approach to Select Geographic Areas for Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities

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• Alternative Title:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh
• Personal Author:
  Cromley, Ellen ; Kleinman, Lawrence C. ; Ramos, Michelle A. ; Arniella, Guedy ; Viswanathan, Nalini ; Garel, Mischka ; Horowitz, Carol R.
• Description:
  Background
  
  While neighborhood-based approaches to eliminate health disparities are on the rise, there is little guidance on how researchers may engage with community partners to select geographic areas for interventions to reduce health disparities. We aimed to identify a small geographic area to target interventions to improve diabetes-related outcomes.
  
  Objectives
  
  We describe lessons learned from a community-engaged approach to specify the geographic area of focus.
  
  Methods
  
  A community-academic partnership of more than 20 organizations collaborated to develop and employ a 5-stage process to specify a target area for diabetes preventions and control activities.
  
  Lessons Learned
  
  A coalition with local knowledge and ties to the community can develop criteria and direct a process leading to selection of a geographic area, increased research capacity, and strengthened relationships among partners.
  
  Conclusion
  
  A participatory approach can be effective in defining a geographic area for targeting interventions to reduce health disparities.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Community-Based Participatory Research Diabetes Mellitus Geographic Information Systems Health Care Coalitions Health Status Disparities Hispanic Or Latino Humans Poverty Areas Residence Characteristics
• Source:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh. 5(3):299-305.
• Pubmed ID:
  22080778
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3487409
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U58DP001010-04/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R24 MD001691/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 RR029887-03/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000067/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b59db39b6272bdcbf189e59012022087476f6c56513439036145e082521d9c4a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33459/cdc_33459_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.24 MB ]