Building Capacity for Community-Academia Research Partnerships by Establishing a Physical Infrastructure for Community Engagement: Morgan CARES
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Setting
2.2. Morgan CARES Model
2.3. Community Needs Assessment
2.4. Morgan CARES Community Award Program and Projects
2.4.1. Connection and Partnership Development
2.4.2. Innovation and Collaborative Action
2.4.3. Outcome and Impact
2.5. Metrics Measure Evaluation Designs
3. Results
3.1. Identifying Community Challenges Perceived by Community Stakeholders
3.2. Morgan CARES Network Services and Community Award Initiatives
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Clifton-Berea | Greenmount East | Madison/ East End | Oldtown/ Middle East | Baltimore City | |
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Resilience in Baltimore (Entrepreneurship) | |||||
47 % of Small Black-Owned Businesses | |||||
Total Population | 8413 | 7691 | 7204 | 9285 | 622,454 |
Education | |||||
% Adults with High School Diploma or less | 63.3 | 66.7 | 72.0 | 68.1 | 47.2 |
% Adults with College Degree or more | 7.7 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 15.0 | 28.7 |
Socioeconomic Environment | |||||
Median Household Income | $25,738 | $23,277 | $27,454 | $14,105 | 41,819 |
% Income < $25,000 | 44.8 | 52.4 | 48.3 | 66.5 | 32.2 |
% Unemployment Rate | 17.4 | 24.7 | 26.4 | 20.7 | 13.1 |
% Family Living in Poverty | 30.2 | 33.8 | 45.2 | 60.0 | 28.8 |
Health Care Insurance | |||||
% Adults without Insurance | 10.0 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 11.7 |
% Children without Insurance | 3.4 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) | 66.9 | 67.9 | 68.9 | 70.4 | 73.6 |
Top Leading Causes of Mortality # | |||||
Heart Disease | 27.7 | 42.3 | 41.2 | 35.3 | 24.4 |
Cancer (all types) | 24.9 | 37.6 | 44.7 | 30.5 | 21.2 |
Stroke | 6.9 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Diabetes | 2.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
HIV | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
Drug- and/or Alcohol-Induced | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 4.4 |
Homicide | 10.4 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
Barriers and Challenges Organizations Currently Face | Issues | Solutions | Example Quotations |
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Organizational Capacity defined as mission, vision, services, initiatives, capacity, sustainability, and funding | “historically not had access” | “Morgan CARES meeting space provides an opportunity for individuals to connect with others” | “I was wondering what’s the mechanism that you are thinking about for making that real and for making sure that people are even aware that there are some people who are going to be in the know and have access to, but, but then there are others might not know that this opportunity exits?” |
“Sustainability” | “funding opportunities” | “Hard to sustain because it is very expensive.” | |
“technological gap” “how to sustain data collection” | “leadership training” | “We have people within the community that are resident researchers that are currently right now going into the community to figure out the needs and getting data and really making sure that the data we are gathering is what the community wants. But we are trying to figure out how to sustain that data.” |
Stage | Activities | Sessions | Attendees |
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Connection & Partnership Development | Outreach, Networking, Information Sessions, Linkage, Matchmaking, Introduction Training | 83 | 406 |
Innovation | Orientation, Technical Assistance, Partner Consultation | 65 | 244 |
Collaborative Actions | Skills Training & workshops, Project management support | 23 | 205 |
Outcome & Impact | Project Evaluation, Consultation with experts, Dissemination Support | 16 | 114 |
Project Title | Principal Investigators (Community—Academic Partnerships) | Initiative |
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STOP-OD: Prevent Deaths from Opioid Overdose | Haygood, J. (Applications Operation, LLC)—Estreet, A. (MSU, Social Work) | Mobile app for community health workers and family members to access resources and alert first responders in cases of potential OD’s |
Safer Schools | Gordon, S. (Cool Green Schools)— Gibson, S. (MSU, Education and Urban Studies) | COVID hygiene and cleanliness educational materials for students in preparation for returning to in-person learning |
Purple Light Project | Najee Ullah, M. (FullBlast STEAM)— Lewis J., Balraj, D., Ekpew, A. (MSU, P.I.s) | Testing UV light as a germicide on high-touch surfaces |
Mid-Day Check In | Smith, D. (SolFlowers)— Holland, J. (MSU, Family and Consumer Sciences) | Talking sessions about mental health, wellness, nutrition over a healthy meal |
Ivanhoe Valley Garden | Govan, N. (Wilson Park Northern Neighborhood Assoc)—Holms, K. (MSU, P.I.) | Beautifying neighborhood lot for neighbors to grow healthy foods, trying to establish a long-term program for volunteers to tend to the plots |
Food Life Series | White, A. (I AM Whole, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA.)— Brown, E. and Peterson, J. (MSU, Nutritional Science) | Developing educational sessions to help MSU students become food secure, and avoid becoming food insecure in the future |
ECBB Emergency Preparedness Program | North, J. (Empowering Communities Block by Block)—Rowel, R. (MSU, P.I.) | Assessing the feasibility of using the community walk through theatre as a means of delivering emergency preparedness and health communications to neighborhood residents |
Older Women Embracing Life (OWEL) | Richards, G. (OWEL)— Weaks, F. (MSU, Health Science) | A storytelling film about the oldest cohort of women living with HIV/AIDS in Baltimore City |
The MD Healthy Workplace Task Force | Glover-Kerkvliet, J. (Baltimore Job Hunters Support Group)—Page, R. (MSU, P.I.) | To develop an 8-week training on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of workplace bullying and mobbing |
Dyslexia Awareness Campaign | Winston, W. (So All Can Read)— Gibson, S. (MSU, Teacher Education and Professional Development) | Spread dyslexia awareness, educate parents, remove stigma, and reduce financial burden. |
Educational x Tech Training Program (EDxTech) | Best, A. (Baltimore Tech Hub)— Wright, M. (MSU, P.I.) | Provide educational resources within communities while using tech to elevate understanding |
Cherry Hill Food System Assessment | Jackson, E. (Black Yield Institute)— Walker, K. (MSU, P.I.) | To address unequal distribution of land and food access by surveying Cherry Hill residents’ perceptions of the food system as food apartheid |
#JustDont: Youth Anti-Litter and Art Advocacy Movement | Delgado, C. and Sharif, N. (Tola’s Room)— DePaolo, B. (MSU, Fine Arts) | Pilot project to activate conversations and action around creating "litter free zones" in the Belair-Edison community |
Light Within the Margins | Garcia, M. (Light Within (& CWTT))— Reeder, (MSU, Visual Arts) | To address the impact of ACES primarily through trauma informed creative workshops and storytelling |
CAMMRAD Police App | Doswell, J. (Juxtopic)— Sinclair, M. (MSU, Social Work) | To eradicate the endemic of police violence against African American males in Baltimore, MD |
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Sheikhattari, P.; Shaffer, E.; Barsha, R.A.A.; Silver, G.B.; Elliott, B.; Delgado, C.; Purviance, P.; Odero-Marah, V.; Bronner, Y. Building Capacity for Community-Academia Research Partnerships by Establishing a Physical Infrastructure for Community Engagement: Morgan CARES. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12467. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912467
Sheikhattari P, Shaffer E, Barsha RAA, Silver GB, Elliott B, Delgado C, Purviance P, Odero-Marah V, Bronner Y. Building Capacity for Community-Academia Research Partnerships by Establishing a Physical Infrastructure for Community Engagement: Morgan CARES. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12467. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912467
Chicago/Turabian StyleSheikhattari, Payam, Emma Shaffer, Rifath Ara Alam Barsha, Gillian Beth Silver, Bethtrice Elliott, Christina Delgado, Paula Purviance, Valerie Odero-Marah, and Yvonne Bronner. 2022. "Building Capacity for Community-Academia Research Partnerships by Establishing a Physical Infrastructure for Community Engagement: Morgan CARES" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12467. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912467