The Detroit Urban Research Center was pleased to host "Promoting CBPR to Achieve Health Equity," a one and a half day Symposium in Detroit featuring participants in the CBPR Partnership Academy Network of Scholars, including past participants in the Partnership Academy and their current research partners, instructors, and mentors. Attendees heard from experts in the field, shared challenges and lessons learned, and celebrated successes with CBPR colleagues.Â
See below for links to several presentations and followup items.
Mr. Richmond has over 25 years of experience integrating social work and public health to address racial and ethnic health inequities. As a founding member and past chair of the American Public Health Association Community-Based Public Health Caucus and the National Community-Based Organization Network, Mr. Richmond has helped to foster effective partnerships focused on community-identified health concerns and partnerships that integrate local leaders in the decision-making process. He has engaged in numerous CBPR studies and is a highly regarded speaker and trainer on CBPR.
Formerly the Director and Health Commissioner of the Detroit Health Department, Dr. El-Sayed ran for governor of Michigan in 2018 on an unapologetically progressive platform, advocating for universal healthcare, clean water for all, debt-free and tuition-free higher education, and a pathway to 100% renewable energy. He is a former Detroit URC Board member. Dr. El-Sayed has received numerous civic and service awards, including Public Official of the Year per the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, Crain’s Detroit Business 40 under 40, and University of Michigan’s Bicentennial Alumni Award.
Presenters
Jacob Dixon – Chief Executive Officer, Choice For All, Cohort 1 (2015-2016)
Martine Hackett – Associate Professor of Health Professions, Hofstra University, Cohort 1 (2015-2016)
Karen Meyer – Health Promotion Coordinator, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept, Cohort 1 (2015-2016)
Mona Abdallah-Hijazi – Community Engagement Manager, ACCESS Community Coalition, Cohort 3 (2017-2018)
Kaston Anderson-Carpenter – Assistant Professor, Psychology, Michigan State University, Cohort 3 (2017-2018)
Annette Aalborg – Professor, Public Health
Touro University, California, Cohort 3 (2017-2018)
Moderator
Carol Gray, MPH – Detroit URC Center Manager
All participant teams are eligible to apply for scholarships to assist with travel and related expenses for up to $1000 per team. Click here to be taken to the scholarship application form, which has more information.
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All meals will be provided during the conference.
o We have organized the lightning talks into a one-hour session the morning of the second day (May 30). You will have 5 minutes for your presentation, and there will be time for a Q&A and discussion with the audience after everyone has presented.
o The lightning talks are intended to be dynamic and engaging, and represent your partnership efforts as they relate to the Symposium theme of promoting health equity through CBPR.
o No more than 5 minutes. Timekeeper will give a two minute warning.
o You have the option of using a Powerpoint presentation for your talk, keeping in mind the five minute time limit. For example, think of the three most important things you want to share. Don’t try to say everything. Sometimes a single compelling story is more effective than packing in a lot of detail. There will be time for the audience to follow up with questions at the end of the session.
o If you choose to use Powerpoint, please email your presentation to ccbgray@umich.edu by midnight on Friday, May 24, 2019—sorry, no exceptions! If you are unable to make this deadline, please bring your presentation on a thumb drive.
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o We have organized the presentations into Morning and Afternoon Panel Sessions, which will be moderated by a Detroit URC Board member. You will have 15 minutes for your presentation, and there will be time for a Q&A and discussion with the audience after everyone has presented.
o We are expecting to feature powerpoint presentations from each team. Please email your presentation to ccbgray@umich.edu by midnight on Friday, May 24, 2019—sorry, no exceptions! If you are unable to make this deadline, please bring your presentation on a thumb drive.
o The purpose of these presentations is to highlight partnerships and projects that advance our knowledge of community-academic partnering in multi-disciplinary collaboration and a diversity of community-based participatory research activities, including basic and applied research projects, interventions, teaching and service learning projects. Presentations that provide participants with enhanced knowledge and skills to conduct CBPR as well as those that explicitly describe the application of CBPR to promote health equity are especially desired.
o Please keep your presentation to 10-15 slides, no more than 15 minutes. Expect to take several questions at the end of the entire session.
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o  There will be speakers hooked up to the projector in case you would like to play audio or video during your presentation.
o  There is Wi-Fi—you will get a password with your event packet at registration.
o  There will be no microphones for each breakout session—the rooms are small enough to be heard without amplification.
o  Questions? Contact Carol Gray at ccbgray@umich.edu 734-764-5171
The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) has conducted the CBPR Partnership Academy for the past five years, with the goal of enhancing knowledge and skills in the use of innovative methodologies in the behavioral and social sciences, in partnership with the communities involved, to examine and address health inequities. Visit detroiturc.org for more information.
This Symposium is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R25GM111837).