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Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations.

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Corbie-Smith, G; Yaggy, SD; Lyn, M; Green, M; Ornelas, IJ; Simmons, T; Perez, G; Blumenthal, C
Published in: Acad Med
April 2010

Collaborative and participatory research approaches have received considerable attention as means to understanding and addressing disparities in health and health care. In this article, the authors describe the process of building a three-way partnership among two academic health centers-Duke University and the University of North Carolina-and members of the Latino community in North Carolina to develop and pilot test a lay health advisor program to improve Latina immigrants' mental health and coping skills. The authors applied the principles of participatory research to engage community and academic partners, to select the health topic and population, and to develop program goals and objectives. Key challenges were negotiating administrative structures and learning institutional cultures, as well as dealing with contextual issues such as mental health reform and antiimmigrant sentiment in the state.Some important lessons learned are to seek opportunities for taking advantage of existing relationships and expertise at each academic institution, to be respectful of the burden of research on vulnerable communities, and to involve community partners at all stages of the process.

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Acad Med

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1938-808X

Publication Date

April 2010

Volume

85

Issue

4

Start / End Page

728 / 735

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Program Development
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Status
  • Health Services Research
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • 4203 Health services and systems
 

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Corbie-Smith, G., Yaggy, S. D., Lyn, M., Green, M., Ornelas, I. J., Simmons, T., … Blumenthal, C. (2010). Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations. Acad Med, 85(4), 728–735. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2b874
Corbie-Smith, Giselle, Susan D. Yaggy, Michelle Lyn, Melissa Green, India J. Ornelas, Tia Simmons, Georgina Perez, and Connie Blumenthal. “Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations.Acad Med 85, no. 4 (April 2010): 728–35. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2b874.
Corbie-Smith G, Yaggy SD, Lyn M, Green M, Ornelas IJ, Simmons T, et al. Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations. Acad Med. 2010 Apr;85(4):728–35.
Corbie-Smith, Giselle, et al. “Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations.Acad Med, vol. 85, no. 4, Apr. 2010, pp. 728–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d2b874.
Corbie-Smith G, Yaggy SD, Lyn M, Green M, Ornelas IJ, Simmons T, Perez G, Blumenthal C. Development of an interinstitutional collaboration to support community-partnered research addressing the health of emerging Latino populations. Acad Med. 2010 Apr;85(4):728–735.

Published In

Acad Med

DOI

EISSN

1938-808X

Publication Date

April 2010

Volume

85

Issue

4

Start / End Page

728 / 735

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Program Development
  • Interinstitutional Relations
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Status
  • Health Services Research
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • 4203 Health services and systems