TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving health services for residents through community-based participatory research
T2 - A public housing leadership perspective
AU - Council, Kenneth D.
AU - Wilson, Julian C.
AU - Michelle Harris, B.
AU - O'Keefe, Anne Marie
AU - Henderson, Corey
AU - Dixon, Benika
AU - Merengwa, Enyinnaya
AU - Nwazue, Eric
AU - Weaks, Francesca
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Background: In response to feedback from a health forum, resident leaders of public housing in Washington, DC, were inspired to create a health survey for and by the residents. Objective: The survey was designed to document residents' concerns about health, health care, and environmental threats. It also explored tobacco use and support for smokefree housing. Methods: A newly created Health Planning Committee of the Citywide Advisory Board, including residents, academics, and representatives of health and housing organizations, facilitated the creation of a health needs assessment. Questionnaires were initially mailed, then hand-delivered to every public housing household. More than 1,000 completed questionnaires have now been returned. Lessons Learned: This project highlights a model that places resident leaders in charge of health issues, including leading advocacy efforts for policies to reduce health disparities in public housing. It identifies research challenges and ways to overcome them and empowers the community for continued research.
AB - Background: In response to feedback from a health forum, resident leaders of public housing in Washington, DC, were inspired to create a health survey for and by the residents. Objective: The survey was designed to document residents' concerns about health, health care, and environmental threats. It also explored tobacco use and support for smokefree housing. Methods: A newly created Health Planning Committee of the Citywide Advisory Board, including residents, academics, and representatives of health and housing organizations, facilitated the creation of a health needs assessment. Questionnaires were initially mailed, then hand-delivered to every public housing household. More than 1,000 completed questionnaires have now been returned. Lessons Learned: This project highlights a model that places resident leaders in charge of health issues, including leading advocacy efforts for policies to reduce health disparities in public housing. It identifies research challenges and ways to overcome them and empowers the community for continued research.
KW - Community health partnerships
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Health disparities
KW - Health planning
KW - Needs assessment
KW - Power sharing
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2013.0011
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2013.0011
M3 - Article
C2 - 23543026
AN - SCOPUS:84882684381
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 7
SP - 89
EP - 93
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 1
ER -
