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Partnering With Communities to Improve Health

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALLIANCE (NIH CEAL)

NIH CEAL’s mission is to promote health, improve health outcomes, and strengthen community partnerships through community-engaged research to address health disparities. NIH CEAL aims to partner with communities to: 

  • Build trust in science and research
  • Ensure inclusion across the research continuum
  • Advance community-driven solutions addressing differences in health outcomes
  • Strengthen community-engaged research 
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Promoting Health Knowledge Through Community Partnerships

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Health Knowledge Monitoring and Response System (HKMRS) Pilot is an effort that seeks to test the feasibility of building upon a network of community monitoring, prevalence assessment, and response to disrupt the spread of inaccurate health information and deliver timely, relevant, and accurate health information at the local and national level. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each co-fund this Pilot in support of CEAL’s mission to provide trustworthy information to communities most impacted by the burden of disease while also establishing community partnerships to foster trust in science and participation  in clinical research. 

The HKMRS Pilot uses the iHeard St. Louis project developed by the Missouri CEAL team. From March 2023 to September 2024, Phase I of the Pilot used community partnerships to test the iHeard model’s potential for building health knowledge and trust in communities in Colorado (CO), Texas (TX), and the Washington, D.C. region, including the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV). Launched in September 2024, Phase II of the Pilot will be conducted by public health organizations in Georgia (GA), Mississippi (MS), and North Carolina (NC).

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