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A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation.

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Brown, DR; Hernández, A; Saint-Jean, G; Evans, S; Tafari, I; Brewster, LG; Celestin, MJ; Gómez-Estefan, C; Regalado, F; Akal, S; Nierenberg, B ...
Published in: American journal of public health
January 2008

Healthy People 2010 made it a priority to eliminate health disparities. We used a rapid assessment response and evaluation (RARE) to launch a program of participatory action research focused on health disparities in an urban, disadvantaged Black community serviced by a major south Florida health center. We formed partnerships with community members, identified local health disparities, and guided interventions targeting health disparities. We describe the RARE structure used to triangulate data sources and guide intervention plans as well as findings and conclusions drawn from scientific literature and epidemiological, historic, planning, clinical, and ethnographic data. Disenfranchisement and socioeconomic deprivation emerged as the principal determinants of local health disparities and the most appropriate targets for intervention.

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American journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

98

Issue

1

Start / End Page

28 / 38

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Population
  • Urban Health Services
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Public Health
  • Poverty
  • Pilot Projects
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Focus Groups
  • Florida
 

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Brown, D. R., Hernández, A., Saint-Jean, G., Evans, S., Tafari, I., Brewster, L. G., … Page, J. B. (2008). A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation. American Journal of Public Health, 98(1), 28–38. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2006.091363
Brown, David Richard, Agueda Hernández, Gilbert Saint-Jean, Siân Evans, Ida Tafari, Luther G. Brewster, Michel J. Celestin, et al. “A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation.American Journal of Public Health 98, no. 1 (January 2008): 28–38. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2006.091363.
Brown DR, Hernández A, Saint-Jean G, Evans S, Tafari I, Brewster LG, et al. A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation. American journal of public health. 2008 Jan;98(1):28–38.
Brown, David Richard, et al. “A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation.American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 1, Jan. 2008, pp. 28–38. Epmc, doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.091363.
Brown DR, Hernández A, Saint-Jean G, Evans S, Tafari I, Brewster LG, Celestin MJ, Gómez-Estefan C, Regalado F, Akal S, Nierenberg B, Kauschinger ED, Schwartz R, Page JB. A participatory action research pilot study of urban health disparities using rapid assessment response and evaluation. American journal of public health. 2008 Jan;98(1):28–38.

Published In

American journal of public health

DOI

EISSN

1541-0048

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

January 2008

Volume

98

Issue

1

Start / End Page

28 / 38

Related Subject Headings

  • Urban Population
  • Urban Health Services
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Public Health
  • Poverty
  • Pilot Projects
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Focus Groups
  • Florida