Search Results - community academic partnerships

Objective We describe a novel evaluation of attitudes toward engagement with a required medical school course from the perspective of the participating community organizations. We then consider lessons learned about sustained community engagement from this longstanding community–academic partnership...

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BackgroundCommunity-based participatory research (CBPR) is essential for translating and increasing the overall uptake of evidence-based interventions in community settings. Yet a limited number of academic and medical institutions provide structured and formal training on how to conduct high-qualit...

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Objectives: Equitable global health partnerships are recognized as critical for health equity; however, power imbalances and structural inequities continue to undermine these partnerships and ultimately their ability to achieve equitable health outcomes. As individuals within a US‑based academic ins...

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Abstract Introduction: While organizations leading community initiatives play a crucial role in tackling public health challenges, their difficulties in designing rigorous evaluations often undermine the strength of their proposals and diminish their chances of securing funding. We developed a mat...

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<p>The last three decades have witnessed a growing body of literature on the changing role and functions of universities. Concepts such as the ‘engaged university’ ‘multiversity’ and ‘university as a complex enterprise’ have been discussed and evaluated by academics and practitioners. More rec...

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<span>The purpose of this article is to explore how con­temporary universities are redefining their missions in order to foster community involvement and ad­dress the challenges posed by social, technological, economic, and environmental changes. The article examines strategic initiatives unde...

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Abstract Introduction In 2022, the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) launched a Managed Care Population Health and Quality Strategy to improve healthcare quality and equity for Medicaid Managed Care enrollees. Aligned with national quality objectives, the strategy focuses on personalized care, servi...

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Despite the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in reducing mortality and illness severity, racial inequities in vaccination uptake persist. Among individuals with rheumatologic conditions who are often immunocompromised, the impact of disparities in preventive care threatens to widen existing inequiti...

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Family-school partnerships address academic difficulties and ensure the performance of learners, thus, they are crucial for the improvement of learners. However, these collaborative partnerships can occasionally be hampered by problems including inadequate communication, and limited parental involv...

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<p>Experiential learning challenges are magnified when service learning is applied to study abroad courses or an international audience. In these settings, students have to deal with cultural differences, academic nuances and distance learning. Despite these challenges, Michigan State Universi...

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The historical focus of the HIV movement on men who have sex with men has led to the systematic exclusion of women from research, programming, and decision-making. In the early 2000s, women researchers, advocates, and community leaders drove transformative shifts in Canada's HIV sector through...

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Much innovation happens at the community level. Community-based services, by virtue of their setting, have proximity to consumer experiences, perspectives and needs, and often spearhead advances in community care and advocacy. Thus, leveraging local knowledges and supporting their translation...

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Prior research identifies trust as critical to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake. However, few intervention studies have sought to develop or test strategies for bolstering vaccine-related trust. To address this gap, this exploratory study identifies features of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy inter...

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Family-school partnership is essential for achieving quality school and academic performance to level 4 students at a Community Education and Training (CET) College. The partnership comprises the ability of families and schools to provide holistic support and guidance to students as they progress t...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine emphasizes the need for research about belonging so work across systems and sectors can more effectively address antiracism. The purpose of this article is to share insights regarding how we successfully co-developed safe and equitable co...

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<h4>Introduction</h4>Interventions addressing malnutrition (under- and overnutrition) among adolescents have not been developed in The Gambia. We aim to coproduce the first phase of 'The Health-Secure Partnership' (HSP) - an innovative multicomponent intervention for adolescent...

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The aim of the article is to define the key motives of non-profit organizations for cooperation with companies on socially responsible issues. The study was carried out in the form of qualitative interviews with non-profit organizations in the Czech Republic and then supplemented with focus groups f...

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This article presents a comparison of two qualitative case studies. The first case study is a partnership group involving two urban secondary school teachers working with one engineer and one education faculty member where they implemented several science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S...

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<p>Increasing pressures on universities and educational institutions to be more involved in the communities that house them have led to a wave of interactions that have been both creative and mutually supportive. These ‘town-gown’ relations have stemmed not only from pressures by government le...

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