Community Engagement
Community Engagement supports community-university research partnerships, obtains community input into university research, and increases health research in community settings that is responsive to the health needs of the community. It connects existing academic community research programs from Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Georgia, transforms research from a scientist-subject interaction to an equitable partnership, and trains investigators in principles of community-based participatory research. To reduce health disparities, Community Engagement:
- Builds community capacity to develop and conduct collaborative research projects to address critical public health needs
- Assists in the development of effective and sustainable community academic partnerships
- Conducts courses and seminars on Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
- Provides training workshops for Community Engagement academic and community partners
- Provides a platform for shared communication, networking, and community engagement among our partners and other stakeholders
Community Engagement Facilitation Database
For more information on Community Engagement, view the rack card.
Learn more about 3-tier support available for community.
View the community engagement infographic
- Georgia CTSA Community Engagement’s CHWs and Allies at Georgia State Capitol on Community Health Workers Day
- Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History: A Pilot Study
- Community Engagement Leads Statewide Alliance to Fight COVID-19 through Community-Centered Communication, Vaccine Confidence, and Uptake Approaches
- Assessment of Community and Academic Leaders to Inform the Facilitation of Community-Engaged Translational Research in the State of Georgia
- Identifying the Community-Engaged Translational Research Collaboration Experience and
Health Interests of Community-Based Organizations Outside of Metropolitan Atlanta - Principles of Community Engagement Publication
- Science Advance: Community Health Workers & Community-based Participatory Research in Action
- Science Advance: Diabetes Self-Management Skills Increased with Support of Local Church Community & the CTSA
- A Model for Strengthening Collaborative Research Capacity: Illustrations From the CTSA
- Atlanta Universities Support MRSA Studies at Children's and Grady
- Science Advance: Translation to Practice of an Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans
- ARRA Grants Build Research Capacity & Best Practices in Georgia Communities
- Science Advance: A Community-based Participatory Research Approach to HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction
- Community Health Workers: From Bench to Bedside to Curbside
- CTSA Continues Support of Annual Metabolic Camp
- CTSA Researchers Awarded NIH Grant for Science Education
- CTSA Supports PCORI Award for Community Engagement Research
- Georgia CTSA's Adrianne Serrano Proeller Selected as National Association of Community Health Workers Ambassador
- 3-Tier Support Available for Community
- Expanding Capacity in Rural Georgia Through Grant Writing Workshops
- Georgia CTSA Community Engagement Steering Board Member Advances Health Equity
Community Steering Board
A Community Steering Board, consisting of a community representative majority and chair, oversees all Community Engagement activities. CDC-funded Prevention Research Centers at Emory and MSM provide leadership for the program. Other academic units contributing to Community Engagement include: the Center for AIDS Research, the Jane Fonda Center, the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing at Emory, the Community Physicians' Network, the Southeastern Clinicians Research Network, the National Center for Primary Care, and the Satcher Health Leadership and the Cardiovascular Research Institutes at MSM. Letter from the Steering Board Chair
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