Background Although community engagement (CE) is widely used in health promotion,
components of CE models associated with improved health are poorly understood. This …

Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly involved as members of health
intervention research teams. Given that CHWs are engaged in a variety of research roles …

Background The growing burden of non-communicable diseases in middle-income
countries demands models of care that are appropriate to local contexts and acceptable to …

Community-and organization-based research projects that are conducted by local
participants and university-based researchers and seek to transform social inequalities have …

Communication infrastructure theory (CIT) offers an ecological approach to studying ways to
reduce health disparities. The theory suggests that individuals' connections to a multi-level …

Background: Together, community-based participatory research (CBPR), user-centered
design (UCD), and health information technology (HIT) offer promising approaches to …

How can the goal of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) to alleviate social disparities be
achieved? Katz, Matsaganis and Ball-Rokeach believe that local ethnic media, working with …

Academic institutions and community organizations engaged community health workers
(CHWs) in creating a community-appropriate CHW workforce capacity-building program in …

Background. The US uninsured rate has dropped significantly since the passage of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA), yet insurance coverage remains lower in historically …

Employment of community-based participatory research (CBPR) strategies has helped
address limitations of traditional research approaches, but we still do not have a full …