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Project GRACE: a staged approach to development of a community-academic partnership to address HIV in rural African American communities.
Health Promot Pract. 2011 Mar; 12(2):293-302.HP

Abstract

The HIV epidemic is a health crisis in rural African American communities in the Southeast United States; however, to date little attention has been paid to community-academic collaborations to address HIV in these communities. Interventions that use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to address individual, social, and physical environmental factors have great potential for improving community health. Project GRACE (Growing, Reaching, Advocating for Change and Empowerment) uses a CBPR approach to develop culturally sensitive, feasible, and sustainable interventions to prevent the spread of HIV in rural African American communities. This article describes a staged approach to community-academic partnership: initial mobilization, establishment of organizational structure, capacity building for action, and planning for action. Strategies for engaging rural community members at each stage are discussed; challenges faced and lessons learned are also described. Careful attention to partnership development has resulted in a collaborative approach that has mutually benefited both the academic and community partners.

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Corbie-Smith G
Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. gcorbie@med.unc.edu
Adimora AA
No affiliation info available
Youmans S
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Muhammad M
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Blumenthal C
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Ellison A
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Akers A
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Council B
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Thigpen Y
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Wynn M
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Lloyd SW
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MeSH

African AmericansCapacity BuildingCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity-Institutional RelationsCultural CompetencyHIV InfectionsHealth PromotionHumansRural PopulationUniversities

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20685913

Citation

Corbie-Smith, Giselle, et al. "Project GRACE: a Staged Approach to Development of a Community-academic Partnership to Address HIV in Rural African American Communities." Health Promotion Practice, vol. 12, no. 2, 2011, pp. 293-302.
Corbie-Smith G, Adimora AA, Youmans S, et al. Project GRACE: a staged approach to development of a community-academic partnership to address HIV in rural African American communities. Health Promot Pract. 2011;12(2):293-302.
Corbie-Smith, G., Adimora, A. A., Youmans, S., Muhammad, M., Blumenthal, C., Ellison, A., Akers, A., Council, B., Thigpen, Y., Wynn, M., & Lloyd, S. W. (2011). Project GRACE: a staged approach to development of a community-academic partnership to address HIV in rural African American communities. Health Promotion Practice, 12(2), 293-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839909348766
Corbie-Smith G, et al. Project GRACE: a Staged Approach to Development of a Community-academic Partnership to Address HIV in Rural African American Communities. Health Promot Pract. 2011;12(2):293-302. PubMed PMID: 20685913.
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