Community Capacity Building to Reduce Health Disparities
Journal Articles:
Griffith, D. M., Allen, J. O., Zimmerman, M. A., Morrel-Samuels, S., Reischl, T. M., Cohen, S. E., et al. (2008). Organizational empowerment in community mobilization to address youth violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(3 Suppl), S89-99.
Kannan, S., Webster, D., Sparks, A., Acker, C. M., Greene-Moton, E., Tropiano, E., et al. (2008). Using a cultural framework to assess the nutrition influences in relation to birth outcomes among African American women of childbearing age: Application of the PEN-3 theoretical model. Health Promotion Practice.
Kruger, D. J., Brady, J. S., & Shirey, L. A. (2008). Using GIS to facilitate community-based public health planning of diabetes intervention efforts. Health Promotion Practice, 9(1), 76-81.
Kruger, D. J., Noble, K., & Shirey, L. A. (2006). Planning diabetes intervention efforts with geographical information systems. Boston, MA.
Njai, R., Zimmerman, M. A., Letcher, A., & Bell, L. (2005). Know Y.A. R.O.O.T.S: A youth empowerment program for violence prevention. Community Youth Development Journal, Fall.
Selig, S., Tropiano, E., & Greene-Moton, E. (2006). Teaching cultural competence to reduce health disparities. Health Promotion Practice, 7(3 Suppl), 247S-55S.
Presentations:
Community-Based Organizational Capacity Building as a Strategy to Reduce Racial Health Disparities. APHA 2008
Griffith, D. M., De Loney, E. H., Allen, J. O., Campbell, B., Lewis, Y., & Sparks, A. (2007). Race, racism and CBPR: Taming the elephant in the room. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Griffith, D. M., De Loney, E. H., Allen, J. O., Campbell, B., Lewis, Y., & Sparks, A. (2006). Costs of participation for community-based organizations: Building stability and capacity to address health disparities. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Campbell, B., Griffith, D. M., Robinson, K., Lewis, Y., De Loney, E. H., & Sparks, A. (2007). Your blessed health: Balancing chruch doctine and HIV education. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Books/Book Chapters
Prevention Research Center of Michigan. (2007). Building capacity to improve community health (Booklet). Ann Arbor, MI: Prevention Research Center of Michigan.
Technical Reports
Griffith, D. M., & Allen, J. O. (2005). Capacity building project baseline evaluation: Organizational assessment survey (Evaluation Report). Ann Arbor, MI: Prevention Research Center of Michigan.