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Session Title: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the United States (REACH US) Programs: Creating and Evaluating Community-based Coalitions
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Panel Session 744 to be held in Lone Star C on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
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Sponsored by the Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG
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| Ada Wilkinson-Lee, University of Arizona, adaw@email.arizona.edu
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| Discussant(s):
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| Mari Wilhelm, University of Arizona, wilhelmm@ag.arizona.edu
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| Abstract:
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U. S. (REACH US) programs are developed grounded in the socio-ecological framework to address racial health disparities. The tasks of REACH US evaluators are to develop evaluation plans based on the target communities needs and input and yet evaluate and capture the outcomes of the socio-ecological model. This session identifies strategies, initial outcomes and lessons learned in the effort to measure community-based coalitions and describe the process of forming a collaborative subgroup of grantees to identify core indicators of coalitions. Each presenter will offer a unique perspective of their successes and challenges with their target community and specific health disparity. These evaluators will also discuss the process of forming a subgroup of grantees to collaborate across various REACH US programs to identify core indicators of community-based coalitions that can be standardized and psychometrically tested.
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Pima County Cervical Cancer Prevention Partnership (PCCCPP): Evaluation of a Community-based Coalition Addressing Cervical Cancer Among Mexican American Women
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| Ada Wilkinson-Lee, University of Arizona, adaw@email.arizona.edu
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| Martha Moore-Monroy, University of Arizona, mmonroy@medadmin.arizona.edu
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| Francisco Garcia, University of Arizona, fcisco@email.arizona.edu
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| Mari Wilhelm, University of Arizona, wilhelmm@ag.arizona.edu
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Despite dramatic reductions in U.S. cervical cancer mortality over the last 50 years, Mexican American women continue to experience significant disparities related to cervical cancer. The Pima County Cervical Cancer Prevention Partnership (PCCCPP) is a community-based partnership which received funding in 2007 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the U. S. (REACH US) program.
The development and implementation of community-based evaluation is essential in documenting the success of this REACH US program. One evaluation goal was to capture the dynamics of the coalition through a mixed method approach utilizing surveys and interviews. Another goal was to collaborate with other REACH US grantees in order to create a set of standardized coalition core indicators that could be utilized across several REACH US programs. The ultimate goal is to conduct psychometric testing and provide the field with a measure of community-based coalitions.
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Evaluation of a Community-Academic Partnership Using a Mixed-methods Approach: B Free CEED: National Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities
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| Nancy VanDevanter, New York University, nvd2@nyu.edu
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| Shao-Chee Sim, Charles B Wang Community Health Center, ssim@cbwchc.org
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| Simona Kwon, New York University, simona.kwon@nyumc.org
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Partnerships between academic institutions and community organizations to reduce health disparities in affected communities have been widely recommended. Intrinsic to success is the ability of collaborators to function effectively in addressing mutually established goals. B Free CEED, a five-year project funded under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s REACH U.S. program, is a partnership of NYU School of Medicine and local and national coalition members. The mission of B Free CEED is to develop and disseminate multi-level, evidence-based practices to address hepatitis B disparities affecting Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
An annual partnership evaluation consisting of qualitative key informant interviews with community and academic members to explore context of coalition function, and a quantitative survey addressing general satisfaction, impact, trust, decision-making, and adherence to CBPR principals, was developed and shared with REACH US grantees. A subgroup of grantees is working to identify core indicators to produce a standardized tool to be piloted across several REACH US programs.
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