COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY - THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE Agenda by Whova

Carrie Leach, Ph.D.

Research Associate, CURES & Institute of Gerontology, WSU

Carrie Leach, Ph.D. has considerable experience in inter-disciplinary research in a variety of settings with expertise in health communication, environmental health literacy, and community-based and aging services delivery and communication. Her scholarly activity at the Institute of Gerontology over the past decade has focused on partnering with organizational leaders and community residents to evaluate and examine the needs of more than 5,500 older adults across Michigan to translate findings into actionable improvements in aging and community-based services practice and policy. Dr. Leach has been a leader in community engagement, currently with the Community Engagement Core (CEC) in the NIEHS P30 Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES) at WSU. Through her work with the CEC she developed a participatory process for the CAB and CURES researchers to co-construct community-engaged programs and multi-media informational materials that are matched to the needs and circumstances of Detroit residents. Over the past six years, those efforts resulted in disseminating health-protecting information to more than 5,000 Detroit residents through face-to-face interactions and thousands more through print and electronic communication. Carrie is driven by her commitment to reduce health and communication disparities through partnered approaches and co-developing community-driven solutions. She has shown that active participation increases the public’s interest and capacity to engage with science, fosters connections and co-learning among researchers and those impacted by environmental health issues, and helps research inform multi-level decision making. https://iog.wayne.edu/profile/bw4730

Carrie is speaking at

Morning Welcome and Overview

December 1, 2020

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Speakers

Voncile Brown-Miller (Emcee) Community Outreach Manage, Karmanos Cancer Institute/ Wayne State University
Rhonda Dailey, M.D. (Co-Chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Family of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Office of Community Engaged Research
Carrie Leach, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) Research Associate, CURES & Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Hayley Thompson, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute - Wayne State University
Stephen Lanier, Ph.D. (Host) Vice President for Research, Wayne State University
Anne Schwartz, Ph.D. (Host) Deputy Director and Executive Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs , Karmanos Cancer Institute
Dell Stubblefield (Speaker) Community Engagement Specialist and CURE Community Advisory Board Member, Hope Village Revitalization

Description

Welcoming remarks from Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute leadership. Dell Stubblefield will share a brief history of Detroit.

Panel Presentation: Community Expertise on Negotiating Collaborations and Ensuring Equity

December 1, 2020

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Speakers

Carrie Leach, Ph.D. (Moderator) Research Associate, CURES & Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Asraa Alhawli (Panelist) Public Health Coordinator, ACCESS
Nadia Syed, M.P.H. (Panelist) Public Health Coordinator, ACCESS
Sandra Turner-Handy, M.S. (Panelist) Engagement Director, Michigan Environmental Council
Rev. Dr. Sarah Bailey (Panelist) Co-Founder and CEO, Bridges into the Future
Dell Stubblefield (Panelist) Community Engagement Specialist and CURE Community Advisory Board Member, Hope Village Revitalization

Description

In this session, participants will hear from community leaders and learn how to build community-academic research partnerships and negotiate budgets, intellectual property, and different organizational work styles.

We will focus on resources for community-based organizations in negotiating research partnerships; guidelines for researchers in approaching community-based organizations and consider key questions, such as: What are the benefits of research partnerships to community stakeholders? What are the experiences of community members who have already taken part of research? How do you approach and build relationships with community-based organizations?

Negotiating Research Partnerships, Asraa Alhawli, ACCESS, Advocacy Specialist & Research Coordinator ACCESS Community Health and Research Center

The Role of Research in Advocating for Environmental Justice, Sandra Turner-Handy, CURES Community Advisory Board, Engagement Director, Michigan Environmental Council

Community Compensation from a Health Equity Lens, Rev Sarah Bailey, Flint Community Ethics Review Board

Community In-Reach: Leveraging Academic Connections for Community Protection, Dell Stubblefield, CURES CAB member, Hope Village

Documents

Negotiating Research Collaborations and Ensuring Equity Equitable community partner compensation: A key component of trust in research relationships

Wrap Up and Evaluation

December 1, 2020

6:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Speakers

Ijeoma Opara, M.D. (Emcee) Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Co-Director, WSU Global Health Alliance, Wayne State School of Medicine
Carrie Leach, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) Research Associate, CURES & Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Rhonda Dailey, M.D. (Co-Chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Family of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Office of Community Engaged Research
Hayley Thompson, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute - Wayne State University

Program Evaluation Workshop: Measuring What Counts

December 2, 2020

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Speakers

Christie Drew, Ph.D. (Workshop Leader) Chief, Program Analysis Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Carrie Leach, Ph.D. (Moderator) Research Associate, CURES & Institute of Gerontology, WSU

Description

This three-hour workshop will be delivered by Christie Drew, PhD, Chief of the Program Analysis Branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Attendees will receive an electronic copy an evaluation manual, co-authored by Dr. Drew, titled Partnerships for Public Health Evaluation Metrics Manual, a product of the NIEHS.

This three-hour workshop will be limited to 40 participants. Dr. Drew will present the logic model concept using pre-designed case studies, or examples identified by participants responses provided at the time when they register. After providing the logic model overview, participants will work in small virtual break out groups to develop activities, outputs and impacts to achieve a goal.

Once we establish several broad components of the logic model we will work on developing metrics for as many components of the logic model as possible during the time allotted. We invite participants to work in their small break out groups to identify the metrics and develop strategies to collect and analyze data that can be used to document success. The metrics exercise includes reminders and strategies to think through the feasibility and appropriateness of the metrics. We aim to be dynamic and interactive, to keep people engaged and move the conversations forward. A wrap-up discussion gives participants opportunity to comment and talk about implementation planning.