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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2020

Fostering health equity research: Development and implementation of the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Chicago.

Sage J Kim, Jesus Ramirez-Valles, Karriem Watson, Paula Allen-Mears, Alicia Matthews, Erica Martinez, Angela Odoms-Young, Martha Daviglus, Robert A Winn

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sage J KimUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jesus Ramirez-VallesSan Francisco State University, Health Equity Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Karriem WatsonUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Paula Allen-MearsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alicia MatthewsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0074-681X
Erica MartinezUniversity of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Angela Odoms-YoungUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Applied Health Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA.
Martha DaviglusUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Robert A WinnUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
University of Illinois Chicago · USSan Francisco State University · US

Funding

Research Education CoreU54CA202997 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI NAYLOR, KEITH BRIAN, TUSSING-HUMPHREYS, LISA · 2015 to 2024
$13.8M
The Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative (ChicagoCHEC)U54CA202995 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY · PI CIECIERSKI, CHRISTINA, FEINGLASS, JOSEPH M · 2015 to 2024
$9.5M
The influence of structural violence and individual behavior and health on the gut microbiome and colorectal cancer riskU54MD012523 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI WINN, ROBERT A. · 2017 to 2022
$7.9M
Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV Health DisparitR25MH067127 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Emily A Arnold, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2003 to 2026
$5.4M
Minority Populations Prevention Researcher TrainingR25HD045810 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NEILANDS, TORSTEN BRIAN · 2003 to 2018
$4.3M
Reducing racial disparities in lung cancer outcomes by decoding neighborhood contextual environment (RECODE)R01MD014839 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KIM, SAGE J., WINN, ROBERT A. · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Cancer Health Equity Career Development ProgramT32CA057699 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Marian L. Fitzgibbon · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA057699NCI NIH HHS U54 CA202995NCI NIH HHS U54 CA202997NICHD NIH HHS R25 HD045810NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD014839NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD012523NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH067127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe purpose of this article is to describe the process of developing and implementing a transdisciplinary community-based research center, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) Chicago, to offer a model for designing and implementing research centers that aim to address structural causes of health inequality.

methodsScholars from diverse backgrounds and disciplines formed a multidisciplinary team for the Center and adopted the structural violence framework as the organizing conceptual model. All Center activities were based on community partnership. The Center activities were organized within three cores: administrative, investigator development, and community engagement and dissemination cores. The key activities during the first year were to develop a pilot grant program for early-stage investigators (ESIs) and to establish community partnership mechanisms.

resultsCHER provided more than 60 consultations for ESIs, which resulted in 31 pilot applications over the three application cycles. Over 200 academic and community partners attended the community symposium and discussed community priority. Some challenges encountered were to improve communication among investigators, to clarify roles and responsibilities of the three cores, and to build consensus on the definition and operationalization of the concept of structural violence.

conclusionThere is an increasing need for local hubs to facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement to effectively address health inequity. Building consensus around a shared vision among partners is a difficult and yet important step toward achieving equity.

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centers of excellencecommunity engagementhealth disparityHealth equity researchstructural violence

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PMID32257411
PMCPMC7103474
OpenAlexW2973188326

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