J 10 Advancing Science in Community-Engaged Research: Increasing Capacity to Reach Diverse Populations and Address Health Disparities

Saturday, 29 July 2017: 1:30 PM-2:45 PM
Summary: A community-engaged research (CER) approach can enable researchers to conduct research and produce results that may be directly translated to improve health and eliminate disparities. We will describe effective strategies to actively engage communities around specific projects in the research enterprise and to advance the science of CER.
Moderators:  Natalie M. Leblanc, PhD, MPH, School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Symposium Organizers:  Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, Department of Acute and Chronic Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Community-Engaged Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Asian Immigrant Women in a Church-Based Randomized Trial

Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN, FAAN
School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA



Training and Consultation are Effective Strategies to Build Capacity for Community Engaged Research

Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA



Church-Based Recruitment of African Immigrants: Evidence and Lessons Learned from the Afro-Cardiac Study

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD1
Joycelyn Cudjoe, BSN2
Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD1
(1)School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
(2)School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, MD, USA



Contribution of Community-Research Advisory Councils to Research Institutions: An Effective Strategy to Inform Community-Engaged Research

Sabianca Delva, BSN
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA