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Engaging Communities Through Research to Improve Health

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Regional Teams address issues related to differences in health outcomes. The program collaborates with nearly 1,200 organizations and community partners, including health care providers, hospital systems, academic and research organizations, schools, faith-based groups, nonprofits, and other community-based organizations (CBOs). 

The Regional Teams are built on the strength of local organizations with direct connections to the communities and individuals hardest hit by critical health differences. 

The Regional Teams focus on the research of ongoing chronic conditions that exist in these communities, working to address the social determinants of health that fuel differences in health outcomes.

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Community Benefits of Research: An Overview for Community Members

What is research?

Research is how doctors and scientists learn how well something might work to diagnose,
treat, or prevent disease or health conditions.

Why is research needed?

Looking at health conditions or illnesses that affect people from different communities is very important. Research can:

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Why We Need Research Study Volunteers

Tests, treatments, and disease prevention need to be as safe and effective as possible for everyone who will use them.

It is very important to include people from every community and background in clinical trials and research. A wide range of people participating gives us better information about how drugs or vaccines will work for different people.

3 reasons we need clinical trial and research study volunteers of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexes, and physical abilities and with different underlying health conditions:

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Tips For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA NHPI) Community Engagement

This guide was developed courtesy of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA NHPI) Interest Group within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL). The purpose of this document is to provide helpful insights for new CEAL researchers and community partners seeking to engage with AA NHPI populations. The team is led by Dr. Keawe Kaholokula (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) and Dr. Grace Ma (Temple University) and includes members from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Johns Hopkins University; Mississippi State Department of Health; NICOS Chinese Health Coalition; NIH, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Philly Counts; Scripps, SoCal Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); University of California, Riverside; University of California, San Francisco; University of Houston; and University of North Texas Health Science Center. A special thank you to Kawaiopua Alo and Kawen Young (SoCal Pacific Islander Response Team), Mona AuYoung (Scripps), and Gloria Kim (UCLA) for sharing their insights, expertise, and recommendations for CEAL teams as well as others.

Community Health Workers and Other Lay Health Communicators: An Overview for Researchers

Who Are Community Health Workers? 

Community Health Workers (CHWs) act as liaisons, educators, and cultural mediators between healthcare and social service resources and communities experiencing differences in health outcomes. CHWs are frontline health workers who build individual and community capacity by increasing knowledge and self-sufficiency1 through: 

  • Outreach, which is meeting individuals where they are to provide much-needed access to services found in that community 
  • Health education 
  • Informal counseling 
  • Social support 
  • Advocacy