Building Community Research Capacity to Address Cardiovascular Health Disparities.

Towner, Elizabeth K; Dailey, Rhonda K; Carcone, April Idalski; Opara, Ijioma N; Langford, Aisha T; Rua, Robinson Salazar; Jordan, Parada; Vaquera, Abigale et al. · Am J Public Health · 2025

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Abstract

Evidence-based tools that build community capacity to partner across the continuum of research and models for knowledge and skill translation to support community-academic research partnerships are needed. We adapted the Michigan Cancer Healthlink model to derive a curriculum that significantly increased cardiovascular health equity research capacity among Black adults. This curriculum yielded high participation in community-engaged research activities (e.g., grant reviews) in which community members could meaningfully utilize newly acquired skills and knowledge. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2025;115(S2):S143-S147. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308071).

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