Category: Community Engagement

Innovative Strategies for Engaging Vulnerable Populations

The purpose of this talk is to describe effective academic-community partnerships to engage vulnerable populations. The talk will draw evidence and lessons from two major efforts. The first was a long-term project on youth homelessness, conducted in partnership with arts-based organizations, social service providers, journalists, researchers, and marginalized youth. The second is a partnership between […]

Moving Community Engaged Research from Participatory toward Anticipatory: Utopia as Method in the Reconstitution of Healthy Society

The mainstream health and social policy agenda is largely limited to “tinkering with the system”, influenced by normative values and dictated by incrementalism and lifestyle-drift. At the core of utopia is the desire for being otherwise, individually and collectively; therefore, this seminar will examine the sociological and epidemiological significance of utopia as an imaginative and […]

Qualitative Methods: Tools for Understanding Patient, Provider and Community Experiences

Qualitative methods can augment, explain, or shed light on quantitative findings. Additionally, qualitative methods can inform the development of a testable hypothesis. While qualitative research methods originated in the social and behavioral sciences (sociology, anthropology, and psychology), today qualitative methods are powerful tools in the hands of health researchers. This presentation will introduce the audience […]

What CAN Be Done About the Cost of Care for Chronic Diseases and Conditions

The annual cost of care in the United States for people with chronic diseases accounts for more that 83 percent ($1.2 trillion) of all healthcare costs – and this cost continues to rise. Yet many chronic diseases and conditions are linked to lifestyle choices so they can be prevented. This presentation will review the current […]