Community Engagement in Academic Health Centers: A Model for Capturing and Advancing Our Successes

. 2018;10(1):81-90.

Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Community Engagement in Academic Health Centers: A Model for Capturing and Advancing Our Successes

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¹ University of Rochester Medical Center, Center for Community Health, 46 Prince Street, Suite 1001, Rochester, NY 14607.
² University of Rochester Medical Center, Center for Community Health, 46 Prince Street, Suite 1001, Rochester, NY 14607, gail_newton@urmc.rochester.edu, (585)224-3057 (telephone), (585)442-3372 (fax).
³ Columbia University, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168 Street, 5 floor, New York, NY 10032, aabraido@columbia.edu, (212)305-1859 (telephone), (212)305-0315 (fax).
⁴ Columbia University, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 390 Fort Washington Avenue, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10033, ana2104@cumc.columbia.edu (646)697-2272 (telephone), No Fax.
⁵ Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, sahmed@mcw.edu, (414)955-7657 (telephone), (414)955-6529 (fax.
⁶ University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue, Rm 4241, Madison, WI 53705-2221, sesmond@wisc.edu, (608)263-9401 (telephone), (608)262-7864 (fax).
⁷ Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Population Health Sciences, 1070 Aratradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, jille@stanford.edu, (650)736-8074 (telephone), No Fax.
⁸ Portland State University, OHSU & PSU School of Public Health, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, gelmons@pdx.edu, (503)725-3044 (telephone), (503)725-8250 (fax).
⁹ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, CNHart@uams.edu, (501)454-1467 (telephone), (501)526-6620 (fax).
¹⁰ University of Minnesota, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 717 Delaware Street S.E., Room 216, Minneapolis, MN 55414, dlhendri@umn.edu, (612)624-4247 (telephone), (612)625-2695 (fax).
¹¹ Stanford University School of Medicine, Office of Community Engagement, Center for Population Health Sciences, 1070 Arastadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, rhondam@stanford.edu, No Fax.
¹² Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, sneuyoung@mcw.edu, (414)955-4439 (telephone), (414)955-6529 (fax).
¹³ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street, #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, stewartmaryk@uams.edu, (501)526-6625 (telephone), (501)526-6620 (fax).
¹⁴ University of Buffalo, Department of Family Medicine, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 220, Buffalo, NY 14203, tumiel@buffalo.edu, (716)816-7278 (telephone), (716)845-6899 (fax).

PMID: 30581538
PMCID: PMC6301056

Community Engagement in Academic Health Centers: A Model for Capturing and Advancing Our Successes

Karen Vitale et al. J Community Engagem Scholarsh. 2018.

. 2018;10(1):81-90.

Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Rochester Medical Center, Center for Community Health, 46 Prince Street, Suite 1001, Rochester, NY 14607.
² University of Rochester Medical Center, Center for Community Health, 46 Prince Street, Suite 1001, Rochester, NY 14607, gail_newton@urmc.rochester.edu, (585)224-3057 (telephone), (585)442-3372 (fax).
³ Columbia University, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168 Street, 5 floor, New York, NY 10032, aabraido@columbia.edu, (212)305-1859 (telephone), (212)305-0315 (fax).
⁴ Columbia University, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 390 Fort Washington Avenue, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10033, ana2104@cumc.columbia.edu (646)697-2272 (telephone), No Fax.
⁵ Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, sahmed@mcw.edu, (414)955-7657 (telephone), (414)955-6529 (fax.
⁶ University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue, Rm 4241, Madison, WI 53705-2221, sesmond@wisc.edu, (608)263-9401 (telephone), (608)262-7864 (fax).
⁷ Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Population Health Sciences, 1070 Aratradero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, jille@stanford.edu, (650)736-8074 (telephone), No Fax.
⁸ Portland State University, OHSU & PSU School of Public Health, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, gelmons@pdx.edu, (503)725-3044 (telephone), (503)725-8250 (fax).
⁹ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, CNHart@uams.edu, (501)454-1467 (telephone), (501)526-6620 (fax).
¹⁰ University of Minnesota, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, 717 Delaware Street S.E., Room 216, Minneapolis, MN 55414, dlhendri@umn.edu, (612)624-4247 (telephone), (612)625-2695 (fax).
¹¹ Stanford University School of Medicine, Office of Community Engagement, Center for Population Health Sciences, 1070 Arastadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, rhondam@stanford.edu, No Fax.
¹² Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, sneuyoung@mcw.edu, (414)955-4439 (telephone), (414)955-6529 (fax).
¹³ University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street, #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, stewartmaryk@uams.edu, (501)526-6625 (telephone), (501)526-6620 (fax).
¹⁴ University of Buffalo, Department of Family Medicine, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 220, Buffalo, NY 14203, tumiel@buffalo.edu, (716)816-7278 (telephone), (716)845-6899 (fax).

PMID: 30581538
PMCID: PMC6301056

Abstract

Community engagement (CE) has come to the forefront of academic health centers' (AHCs) work because of two recent trends: the shift from a more traditional 'treatment of disease' model of health care to a population health paradigm (Gourevitch, 2014), and increased calls from funding agencies to include CE in research activities (Bartlett, Barnes, & McIver, 2014). As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, community engagement is "the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people" (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1997, p. 9). AHCs are increasingly called on to communicate details of their CE efforts to key stakeholders and to demonstrate their effectiveness. The population health paradigm values preventive care and widens the traditional purview of medicine to include social determinants of patients' health (Gourevitch, 2014). Thus, it has become increasingly important to join with communities in population health improvement efforts that address behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of health (Michener, et al., 2012; Aguilar-Gaxiola, et al., 2014; Blumenthal & Mayer, 1996). This CE can occur within multiple contexts in AHCs (Ahmed & Palermo, 2010; Kastor, 2011) including in education, clinical activities, research, health policy, and community service.

Keywords: academic health center; community engagement; community scholarship; evaluation – institutional change; process evaluation.

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URMC Framework of CE Activities

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Example of CCPH CE Self-Assessment Dimension and one of its Elements

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