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Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
The Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies (CUES) is dedicated to research on the determinants of health of urban populations and to interventions that improve health and well-being in cities. CUES was established by The New York Academy of Medicine to improve the health of urban populations. Collaborative relationships with public agencies, professional organizations, research universities, and social service institutions are fundamental to the work of CUES. Click here for more information on CUES.
Harlem Community & Academic Partnership
Our Mission:
The Harlem Community & Academic Partnership (HCAP) is committed to identifying social determinants of health and implementing community-based interventions to improve the health and well being of urban residents using a community-based participatory research approach.
Description:
HCAP (formerly the Harlem Urban Research Center) is a partnership of community based organizations and service providers, residents, academia, and public health institutions housed by the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at The New York Academy of Medicine. The community within which HCAP will support, collaborate, and or partner with to conduct public health community based research is currently defined as East and Central Harlem. HCAP
primarily focuses on identifying "what works" to effectively address the social determinants of health to improve the health of East and Central Harlem using a community-based participatory research approach. As it relates to research conducted in Harlem, HCAP views community-based participatory research as the preferred approach in conducting public health research and project interventions. The purpose of community based participatory research is to develop a partnership of community-based organizations, public health agencies, educational and other relevant institutions that work together to study and improve community health through long-standing interventions.
The purpose of any project supported and or research conducted that involves HCAP is to benefit the community either through increased knowledge or by promoting better health. Since 1999, HCAP has worked to build and strengthen trust, to establish credibility in this community, to demonstrate a true commitment to improve the health of our Harlem residents, and to create a platform from which we could act to address local urban health issues.
If you are interested in learning more about HCAP or interested in becoming a member, please email:
Ann-Gel Palermo - HCAP Chairperson (ann-gel.palermo@mssm.edu) or Andrew Quinn, Coordinator, (aquinn@nyam.org).
Partners:
| AIDS Institute |
Birdsong Program, Mount Sinai Hospital |
| Boriken Neighborhood Health Center/ East Harlem Council for Health Services, Inc |
Center for Community Problem Solving at NYU |
| Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, The New York Academy of Medicine |
| Central Harlem HIV CARE Network |
Division of General Internal Medicine, Cornell Medical Center |
| East Harlem Community Health Committee |
East Harlem HIV Care Network |
| East Harlem Interagency Council for Older Adults |
Food Change |
| Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement |
Harlem Directors Group |
| Harlem East Life Plan |
Human Service Consortium of East Harlem |
| Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health, City University of New York |
Latino Organization for Liver Awareness |
| Legal Aid Community Law Offices |
Little Sisters of the Assumption |
| Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University |
Metropolitan Hospital Center |
| Mount Sinai Hospital |
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| New York Harm Reduction |
New York Organ Donor Network |
| North General Hospital |
Northern Manhattan American Cancer Society |
| Palladia, Inc. |
STEPS to End family Violence & Incarcerated Mothers Program |
| Union Settlement Association |
Women’s Information Network |
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been defined as a partnership between community members, representatives from community-based organizations, health and social service agencies, and academic researchers, who are equitably involved in all aspects of the research process, in which members contribute their expertise and share decision making and ownership in projects aimed at both enhancing knowledge and understanding and improving health and well being of community members through interventions, policy, and social change. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and places a priority on building trust between members, equitable power-sharing, capacity building, and long term commitment on both sides of the research.
CBPR References:
Israel BA, Eng E, Schulz AJ, Parker EA. Introduction. In: BA Israel, E Eng, AJ Schulz and E Parker, editors. Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2005
Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Parker EA, Becker AB. Community-based participatory research: policy recommendations for promoting a partnership approach in health research. Educ Health (Abingdon ) 2001;14(2):182-97.
Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Parker EA, Becker AB. Review of community-based research: Assessing partnership approaches to improve public health. Annu Rev Public Health. 1998;19:173-202.
Leung MW, Yen IH, Minkler M. Community based participatory research: a promising approach for increasing epidemiology's relevance in the 21st century. Int J Epidemiol 2004 June;33(3):499-506.
Minkler M, Wallerstein N, (eds.). Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2003.
*Special thanks to Cedric Chow, Yue Feng, Allison Graham, Tatyana Levin and Goro Kamata, the 2003 NYU student team that created much of the structure and design of the Harlem Resource Guide.
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