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Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Taylor, LC; Watkins, CS; Chesterton, H; Kimbro, KS; Gerald, R
Published in: Int J Environ Res Public Health
December 23, 2020

Reducing health disparities in rural communities of color remains a national concern. Efforts to reduce health disparities often center on community engagement, which is historically the strategy used to provide rural minority populations with support to access and utilize health information and services. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with their origins derived from social injustices and discrimination, are uniquely positioned to conduct this type of engagement. We present the "Research with Care" project, a long-standing positive working relationship between North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and rural Halifax County, North Carolina, demonstrating an effective campus-community partnership. The importance of readiness to implement Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) principles is underscored. As demonstrated by the NCCU-Halifax partnership, we recommend leveraging the positive associations of the HBCU brand identity as a method of building and sustaining meaningful relationships with rural Black communities. This underscores the role and value of HBCUs in the health disparities research arena and should be communicated and embraced.

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Int J Environ Res Public Health

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1660-4601

Publication Date

December 23, 2020

Volume

18

Issue

1

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Toxicology
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Rural Population
  • Pandemics
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Health Promotion
 

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Taylor, L. C., Watkins, C. S., Chesterton, H., Kimbro, K. S., & Gerald, R. (2020). Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010064
Taylor, Lorraine C., Charity S. Watkins, Hannah Chesterton, K Sean Kimbro, and Ruby Gerald. “Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Int J Environ Res Public Health 18, no. 1 (December 23, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010064.
Taylor LC, Watkins CS, Chesterton H, Kimbro KS, Gerald R. Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 23;18(1).
Taylor, Lorraine C., et al. “Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).Int J Environ Res Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1, Dec. 2020. Pubmed, doi:10.3390/ijerph18010064.
Taylor LC, Watkins CS, Chesterton H, Kimbro KS, Gerald R. Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 23;18(1).

Published In

Int J Environ Res Public Health

DOI

EISSN

1660-4601

Publication Date

December 23, 2020

Volume

18

Issue

1

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Toxicology
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Rural Population
  • Pandemics
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Health Promotion