Juvenile Justice Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
Department of Social Work, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 23;18(1):64. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010064.
Reducing health disparities in rural communities of color remains a national concern. Efforts to reduce health disparities often center on community engagement, which is historically the strategy used to provide rural minority populations with support to access and utilize health information and services. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with their origins derived from social injustices and discrimination, are uniquely positioned to conduct this type of engagement. We present the "Research with Care" project, a long-standing positive working relationship between North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and rural Halifax County, North Carolina, demonstrating an effective campus-community partnership. The importance of readiness to implement Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) principles is underscored. As demonstrated by the NCCU-Halifax partnership, we recommend leveraging the positive associations of the HBCU brand identity as a method of building and sustaining meaningful relationships with rural Black communities. This underscores the role and value of HBCUs in the health disparities research arena and should be communicated and embraced.
减少有色人种农村社区的健康差距仍然是一个全国性的问题。减少健康差距的努力通常集中在社区参与上，这一策略历史上被用来为农村少数民族提供支持，以获取和利用健康信息和服务。黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）起源于社会不公和歧视，它们具有独特的地位来进行这种类型的参与。我们提出了“关怀研究”项目，这是北卡罗来纳中央大学（NCCU）与北卡罗来纳州哈利法克斯县农村地区之间长期以来的积极合作关系，展示了有效的校园-社区伙伴关系。强调了实施基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）原则的准备就绪的重要性。正如 NCCU-哈利法克斯合作关系所证明的那样，我们建议利用 HBCU 品牌形象的积极关联，作为与农村黑人社区建立和维持有意义关系的一种方法。这凸显了 HBCUs 在健康差距研究领域的作用和价值，应该得到沟通和认可。
