Academic 91自拍ers have sometimes been criticized for going into communities, gathering data, publishing articles and leaving communities with little or no benefit.
A growing group of 91自拍ers around the country are encouraging “community-based participatory 91自拍,” which brings communities and academic 91自拍ers together as partners to study what the community is interested in learning, and then uses the results to bring about positive social change.
The UW Health Promotion Research Center is conducting two symposia this fall in Seattle on community-based 91自拍, with co-sponsorship by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities. Funding has been provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Sarena Seifer, 91自拍 assistant professor of health services in the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has led the organizing effort with a multidisciplinarty planning committee of 91自拍ers, community partners and students. She is also executive director of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, a national organization.
The two programs will be Friday, Oct. 12, and Friday, Nov. 16. Both will be held at the UW Center on Human Development and Disability from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each program includes presentations, time to talk with the speakers, and a workshop session. The symposia are open at no cost, but participants need to register with Rose Coroneos at rosecor@u.washington.edu.
Friday, Oct. 12
“From Town-and-Gown to Professor-in-the-‘Hood,” featuring pairs of public health 91自拍ers and community leaders from two nationally recognized centers for community-based 91自拍. The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center will be represented by Alex Allen, executive director of the Butzel Family Center, Detroit, and Barbara Israel, professor in the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Eugenia Eng, professor of public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Lucille Webb, director of Strengthening the Black Family in Raleigh, will speak on their cooperative efforts.
Friday, Nov. 16
Panel on community-based participatory 91自拍 in the Pacific Northwest, featuring June Strickland of the UW School of Nursing; Althea Roberts from the Nooksack Clinic, Sharyne Shiu-Thornton of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Beruke Giday of the Refugee Women’s Alliance Domestic Violence Program, Sue Sohng of the UW School of Social Work, and James LoGerfo from the UW Health Promotion Research Center.
For more details on the programs and 91自拍, see the Web site at .