Fostering Health Equity Research: Development and Implementation of the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Chicago release_e7kiyhe3dndl7ltr5swsn2uyie

by Sage J. Kim, Jesus Ramirez-Valles, Karriem Watson, Paula Allen-Mears, Alicia Matthews, Erica Martinez, Angela Odoms-Young, Martha Daviglus, Robert A. Winn

Published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Science by Cambridge University Press (CUP).

2019   Volume 4, Issue 1, p1-26

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec id="S2059866119004151_as1"> <jats:title>Introduction:</jats:title> The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of developing and implementing a transdisciplinary community-based research center, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Chicago, to offer a model for designing and implementing research centers that aim to address structural causes of health inequality. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="S2059866119004151_as2"> <jats:title>Methods:</jats:title> Scholars from diverse backgrounds and disciplines formed a multidisciplinary team for the Center, and adopted the structural violence framework as the organizing conceptual model. All Center activities were based on community partnership. The Center activities were organized within three cores: administrative, investigator development, and community engagement and dissemination cores. The key activities during the first year were to develop a pilot grant program for early stage investigators (ESIs) and to establish community partnership mechanisms. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="S2059866119004151_as3"> <jats:title>Results:</jats:title> CHER provided more than 60 consultations for ESIs, which resulted in 31 pilot applications over the three application cycles. Over 200 academic and community partners attended the community symposium and discussed community priority. Some challenges encountered were: to improve communication among investigators, to clarify roles and responsibilities of the three cores, and to build consensus on the definition and operationalization of the concept of structural violence. </jats:sec> <jats:sec id="S2059866119004151_as4"> <jats:title>Conclusion:</jats:title> There is an increasing need for local hubs to facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement to effectively address health inequity. Building consensus around a shared vision among partners is a difficult and yet important step toward achieving equity. </jats:sec>
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