A disproportionate burden of disease and illness is borne by poor and ethnic minority communities.Community-based research can improve health outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged communities.Development of researchers committed to community participation in disparities-related research andinnovative approaches to disseminate findings in resource poor communities are important steps towardsthis overall goal. Furthermore, providing research education to community members so that they canparticipate fully in the research endeavor is important. This Project EXPORT Center Community Core haspreviously built, and will maintain, mutually beneficial, authentic, community and academic partnerships. ThisCommunity Core builds upon the strengths of our past Project EXPORT Community Core with establishedstrong ties with the African American and Latino communities in Los Angeles and experience fielding twoimportant community-based engagement projects: the Witness for Wellness Project and the BuildingBridges to Optimum Health - Diabetes Throughout the Lifespan. In this application, our Community Coresupports two important community-based research projects, decreasing HIV infection rates in AfricanAmericans and treating depression and diabetes in low-income Latinos. Both grew from our Drew/UCLAcollaborative partnerships.
The Specific Aims of the Community Core include:
Specific Aim 1 : Create and maintain mutually beneficial academic/community partnerships:1 .a. Support community-based network partners working collaboratively with EXPORT researchers tosupport our two major research projects, our HIV prevention and depression/diabetes care studies.1.b. Partner with diverse communities in developing their capacities for rigorous research and indeveloping investigators within their agencies who can work collaboratively in community-basedresearch.
Specific Aim 2 : Achieve broader dissemination of our research findings, in part through ongoing support ofour two community projects, as well as through two sponsored community forums to present our researchfindings.
Specific Aim 3 : Develop and implement a mentoring component:3.a. Further develop infrastructure at Drew and UCLA to engage in community-partnered research toeliminate health disparities.3.b. Mentor and teach community partnered research skills to junior faculty members and pilot projectinvestigators interested in research to eliminate health disparities.
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