John Parrish-Sprowl Co-Director Global Health Communication Center IU School of Liberal Arts
My Background On the board of 5 nonprofit organizations and president of 2 Involved in various capacity building projects in a number of countries over the past 26 years Currently working on a capacity building project in Indonesia (collaborating with WHO, Indonesian Ministry of Health CHP) Currently on the Coordinating Committee for the Community Health Engagement Program (CHEP)
What is Capacity Building?
It is not just the consumption of resources
or Simply adding new people
It is not achieved by just talking to people
..or just getting them in the same room
It is about making connections
..and building relationships
Engaging in a collective effort
To develop the ability to more effectively achieve goals
Creating capacity by design Building relationships is facilitated by an infrastructure designed to nurture connections Building the infrastructure can accelerated development of capacity. Building good infrastructure can facilitate efficient leveraging of resources. CHEP is an example of how this might be accomplished.
What is Community Health Engagement Program? It is a component of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), funded from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Indiana University in collaboration with Purdue and Notre Dame, has created CHEP to help assist researchers in translating research findings to the Indiana community by engaging the community to participate in research opportunities.
Our Mission develop a coalition of interested Indiana community organizations who will provide insight and guidance to developing, conducting and interpreting research in order to better the health of Hoosiers
Our Goal to establish a mechanism in which both the community and the researchers work collaboratively to provide valuable resources to all citizens of Indiana regardless of race, ethnicity, SES, location, religious status, and health status.
CHEP is developing a consortium of community leaders involved in improving the health of Hoosiers. Community Organizations/ Residents Community Health Providers Researchers
Traditional Translational research Translational research with CHEP it's purely biomedical, bridging the gap between bench science and the clinic Taking an innovative scientific idea from the lab, through clinical testing, then into clinics and the community, so that community health can be improved
Community-based participatory research (CBPR)integrates collaboration, education and social action CHEP to improve health and Community reduce health disparities. based Research/ partnering with academia Community Health and Wellness Community Education Community service and Social action
What in it for Indiana community? Research based practice Community based Research/ partnering with academia Community Health and Wellness Community Education Community-based learning Practice-based learning Service-learning Community service and Social action Community service Academic public health practice Community oriented primary care Clinical service
Major Health Care Challenges in Indiana Access to Care Asthma Dental Health Diabetes Immunizations Infant Health Injury and Violence Prevention Lead Poisoning Mental Health Overweight and Obesity Sexually Transmitted Infections (Community assessment report, 2008, United Way of Central Indiana)
CHEP will connect community organizations with advanced preventive research efforts such as: The Oral health research institute The Otis R. Bowen Research Center
A successful Community-based participatory research (Diabetes Prevention Program) The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a promising practice that should be advanced. A 58% reduction in the development of new cases of diabetes was achieved as a result of the DPP. The DPP was more successful than medication in reducing the development of new cases of diabetes. Exercising
Diabetes Prevention Program in the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis The YMCA of Greater Indianapolis has partnered with the IU School of Medicine to adapt the DPP to community-based settings. The program has been simplified to make administration and monitoring easier for participants and community-based agencies. CHEP can advance that even further by partnering with other community - based organizations and attract other interested researchers.
Please ask questions! Thank You! Contact CHEP: ejhardwi@iupui.edu Contact me: johparri@iupui.edu