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Objectives
Discuss the importance of Community Advisory Boards
Describe ways CABs are defined (purpose, membership, and scope)
Identify issues to consider when establishing and running a CAB
References
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Cramer ME, Lazoritz S, Shaffer K, Palm D, Ford AL. Community Advisory Board Members’ Perspectives Regarding Opportunities and Challenges of Research Collaboration. West J Nurs Res. 2017 Mar 1:193945917697229. doi: 10.1177/0193945917697229. [Epub ahead of print]
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Nyirenda D, Sariola S, Gooding K, Phiri M, Sambakunsi R, Moyo E, Bandawe C, Squire B, Desmond N., ‘We are the eyes and ears of researchers and community’: understanding the role of community advisory groups in representing researchers and communities in Malawi. Dev World Bioeth. 2017 Sep 5. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12163. [Epub ahead of print]
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Speaker(s): Kate Stewart, MD, MPH
Speaker Bio
Kate Stewart is a professor of health policy and management in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozeman College of Public Health (COPH). She directs the Office of Community-Based Public Health and leads the community engagement efforts of the Arkansas Center for Health Disparities and the Arkansas Prevention Research Center at COPH.
Dr. Stewart also directs UAMS Translation Research Institute’s (TRI) Community Engagement Program. In this capacity, she oversees activities fostering collaboration and partnerships involving community members and organizations, patients and families, and clinician stakeholders to address health issues that are vital to translational research.
Through these leadership roles she has partnered with communities to create infrastructure for community-engaged research with support from the National Institutes of Health, federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, federal Health Resources and Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has more than 20 years of experience engaging communities, both domestically and internationally, in research and interdisciplinary efforts to improve public health. Her efforts have led to policy changes related to access to care, community health workers, and long-term care
