Gomes Stacey M, Mitchell Monica J, Smith Teresa, Rademacher Eric, Watkins Sharon, Crosby Lori E, Jacquez Farrah M
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Feb 27;9(1):e66. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.39. eCollection 2025.
To facilitate and sustain community-engaged research (CEnR) conducted by academic-community partnerships (ACPs), a Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA)-funded Community Engagement Core (CEC) and Community Partner Council (CPC) co-created two innovative microgrant programs. The Community Health Grant (CHG) and the Partnership Development Grant (PDG) programs are designed to specifically fund ACPs conducting pilot programs aimed at improving health outcomes. Collectively, these programs have engaged 94 community partner organizations while impacting over 55,000 individuals and leveraging $1.2 million to fund over $10 million through other grants and awards. A cross-sectional survey of 57 CHG awardees demonstrated high overall satisfaction with the programs and indicated that participation addressed barriers to CEnR, such as building trust in research and improving partnership and program sustainability. The goal of this paper is to (1) describe the rationale and development of the CHG and PDG programs; (2) their feasibility, impact, and sustainability; and (3) lessons learned and best practices. Institutions seeking to implement similar programs should focus on integrating community partners throughout the design and review processes and prioritizing projects that align with specific, measurable goals.
为促进并维持由学术-社区伙伴关系（ACP）开展的社区参与研究（CEnR），一个由临床和转化科学奖（CTSA）资助的社区参与核心（CEC）和社区伙伴委员会（CPC）共同创建了两个创新的小额赠款项目。社区健康赠款（CHG）项目和伙伴关系发展赠款（PDG）项目旨在专门资助开展旨在改善健康结果的试点项目的ACP。总体而言，这些项目已吸引了94个社区伙伴组织，同时影响了超过55000人，并通过其他赠款和奖项撬动了120万美元来资助超过1000万美元的项目。对57名CHG受奖者的横断面调查显示，他们对这些项目总体满意度较高，并表明参与解决了CEnR的障碍，如建立对研究的信任以及提高伙伴关系和项目的可持续性。本文的目的是：（1）描述CHG和PDG项目的基本原理和发展情况；（2）它们的可行性、影响和可持续性；以及（3）经验教训和最佳实践。寻求实施类似项目的机构应注重在整个设计和审查过程中融入社区伙伴，并优先考虑与具体、可衡量目标相一致的项目。
