Journal article
Building Leadership, Capacity, and Power to Advance Health Equity and Justice through Community‐Engaged Research in the Midwest
American journal of community psychology, Vol.67(1-2), pp.195-204
03/2021
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12462
PMID: 33040375
Abstract
The Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL) at the University of Iowa College of Public Health began in 2012 to support students, researchers, and community members interested in tackling persistent health inequities through a community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approach. Using concepts from critical consciousness theory, we developed an approach to building students’, faculty members’, and community partners’ capacity to engage in CBPR to promote health equity that involved immersion in developing CBPR projects. Our paper describes the evolution of HEAL as a facilitating structure that provides a support network and engages diverse stakeholders in critical reflection as they participate in research to advance health equity, and resulting political efficacy and social action. We describe one HEAL‐affiliated research project that employs a CBPR approach and has a strong focus on providing transformative learning experiences for students, faculty, and community members. We highlight challenges, successes, and lessons learned in the application of critical consciousness as a framework that engages diverse academic and community partners seeking to promote health equity. We argue that critical consciousness is a relevant theoretical framework to promote transformative learning among students, faculty, and community partners to promote health equity research in diverse communities.
Highlights
This paper describes the development and evolution of the Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL).
HEAL emphasizes transformative learning opportunities for students, faculty and community partners.
HEAL is guided by community‐based participatory research principles & critical consciousness theory
HEAL creates a support network to promote health equity research in diverse communities.
We describe one HEAL‐affiliated CBPR study that exemplifies transformative learning experiences.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Building Leadership, Capacity, and Power to Advance Health Equity and Justice through Community‐Engaged Research in the Midwest
- Creators
- Briana Woods-Jaeger - Children’s Mercy HospitalJason Daniel‐Ulloa - University of Washington, BothellLauren Kleven - University of Iowa College of Public HealthRebecca Bucklin - University of Iowa College of Public HealthAdriana Maldonado - University of Iowa College of Public HealthPaul A Gilbert - University of Iowa College of Public HealthEdith A Parker - University of Iowa College of Public HealthBarbara Baquero - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of community psychology, Vol.67(1-2), pp.195-204
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajcp.12462
- PMID
- 33040375
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Community Psychol
- ISSN
- 0091-0562
- eISSN
- 1573-2770
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984215115202771
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