Location

Walter E. Washington Convention
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW
Washington, DC 20001

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Engagement Alliance’s (CEAL) regional teams and programs are excited to showcase their work at the 2025 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo. A total of 21 presentations and events will highlight CEAL's success, lessons learned, and promising practices throughout the conference.

If you are attending APHA, plan to connect with NIH CEAL by:

• Attending a CEAL session or presentation.
• Visiting us in the exhibit hall at booth #608.
• Following us on LinkedIn and joining the online conversation using the hashtags #NIHCEAL and #APHA2025.

Presentations

Sunday, November 2

1:00-2:00 p.m. - “Llego Andres, el que llega cada mes”: Cultural and Intergenerational Messaging on Menstruation among Latina women.* Michigan CEAL (Poster)

3:00-4:00 p.m. - Assessing the association between social needs and loneliness in older adults who are homebound: A virtual senior center is a promising solution.* Missouri CEAL (Poster)

3:30-3:45 p.m. - Towards a Future of Healthy Black Moms and Babies: A Community Based Participatory Model to Address Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Cardiometabolic Outcomes among Adult Black Women.* Mississippi CEAL (Oral)

5:00-6:00 p.m. - Virtual social connection: Lessons learned from a virtual senior center pilot.* Missouri CEAL (Poster)

5:00-6:00 p.m. - Public reactions to six “core health knowledge” items – a novel approach to conveying actionable health information.* Missouri CEAL (Poster)

5:30-5:45 p.m. - The Georgia Community Engagement Alliance: Community-driven pillars, processes and predictors of vaccination uptake among black and Hispanic/Latino(a) residents..* Georgia CEAL (Oral)

Monday, November 3

9:15-9:30 a.m. The planning and implementation of a multilevel intervention to prevent diabetes and address social determinants of health utilizing a community-based participatory research approach.* Georgia CEAL (Oral)

10:30-11:30 a.m. - Associations between stressors, coping strategies, and mental health difficulties among Latina adults.* Illinois CEAL (Poster)

12:30-1:30 p.m. - Partner Compensation in Community-Engaged Research.* CETAC (Poster)

2:30-3:30 p.m. - Identifying vaccine knowledge and questions in local communities: A mix-methods analysis.* Missouri CEAL (Poster)

2:30-3:30 p.m. - Formation of a Community Health Ambassador Council for a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Prevention Program: Lessons from South Asian Communities.* Texas CEAL (Poster)

Tuesday, November 4

9:15-9:30 a.m. - The impact of food access on chronic disease among Chicago residents.* Illinois CEAL (Oral) 

11:15-11:30 a.m. - Addressing the US burden of chronic diseases and risks: the crucial role of NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL).* NIH/CETAC (Oral)

11:30-11:45 a.m. - Community Co-Development for Adapting Exercise is Medicine: A Community Health Working Group Approach.* Alabama CEAL (Oral) 

11:30-11:45 a.m. - Community promotion to improve reach of cardiovascular disease services.* Illinois CEAL (Oral)

11:30-11:50 p.m. - Exploratory study to determine the burden of diabetes distress among residents in Georgia.* Georgia CEAL (Oral)

12:30-1:30 p.m. - Who’s included in the conversation? Messaging and conversations about menstruation among Latina women.* Michigan CEAL (Poster)

2:30-4:00 p.m. - Why Community-Engaged Research Is Critical to Improving Community Health.* CETAC (Roundtable)

4:30-4:45 p.m. - "When I’m on my period, I don’t feel clean”: Decision-making about choice of menstrual products among U.S. Latina, Black, and White 20- and 30-somethings, a qualitative study.*Michigan CEAL (Oral)

Wednesday, November 5

8:30-8:45 a.m. - Understanding Community Health Worker wellbeing: A participatory mixed-methods study.* Illinois CEAL (Oral)

10:30-12:00 p.m. - Health Impact 360: A Model for Community Health Worker-led Healthy Lifestyle Programming.* Michigan CEAL (Roundtable)