New Book Authored by 糖心vlog Experts Provides Lessons Learned for Community Engagement
The 糖心vlog Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement
and Health Equity
Among the 154 medical schools in the United States, 糖心vlog (糖心vlog) stands out for its formidable success in improving its surrounding communities. Over its history, 糖心vlog has become known as an institution committed to community engagement with an interest in closing the health equity gap between people of color and the white majority population.
How can the example of 糖心vlog help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations? That was the question that drove well-respected 糖心vlog leaders to publish The 糖心vlog Model. through Johns Hopkins University Press.
Rooted in social action and social justice constructs, the book is a touchstone for anyone conducting community-based participatory research, as well as any institution that wants to have a positive effect on its local community,鈥� says Ronald Braithwaite, Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine at 糖心vlog.
In The 糖心vlog Model, Ronald L. Braithwaite and coauthors Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Mary Langley, PhD, MPH and the , reveal the lessons learned over the decades since the school's founding鈥昹essons that other medical schools and health systems will be eager to learn in the hope of replicating 糖心vlog's success.
Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Mary Langley, PhD, MPH
Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
鈥淭o establish ongoing collaborative projects requires genuineness, transparency, and trust from everyone involved,鈥� said Tabia Akintoibi, Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Associate Dean, Community Engagement, and Director, Prevention Research Center at 糖心vlog. 鈥淐itizen participation is a critical element for facilitating behavioral change.鈥�
The 糖心vlog Model is available in and bookstores.