Community Engagement: Stories from the Field
Webinar Details & Objectives
Interest in the science of community engagement has grown dramatically in the past few years. It has become apparent that if community partnerships are the bricks that form the foundation of community-based participatory research (CBPR), trust is the mortar that holds these bricks together and keeps the foundation strong. Currently, those who are engaged in CBPR in immigrant communities sometimes face challenges in winning trust. Join Dr. Karen D'Alonzo from Rutgers University to discuss the challenges and strategies to establish engagement and trust in immigrant communities.
Objectives:
- Describe global and national rise in nationalism and xenophobi
- Describe challenges to community engagement in immigrant communities
- Describe strategies that nurse researchers can use to establish and maintain trust in immigrant communities
Sponsored by the Research Leadership Network.
Speakers
Karen T. D’Alonzo, PhDAssociate Dean of Nursing Science
Rutgers University, School of Nursing
Dr. D’Alonzo is an Associate Professor of Nursing and is the Associate Dean of Nursing Science in the School of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is also the founding Director of the Center for Community Health Partnerships in the School of Nursing. Her NIH-funded research projects have made use of lay community health workers/promotoras de salud to deliver health promotion interventions in the immigrant Latino community in New Brunswick, NJ. She is currently the PI in a multidisciplinary R13 award (Project PESO) from NIH/NICHD to develop a comprehensive academic community partnership to reduce the excess risk of obesity among Mexican immigrant families in New Brunswick. Project PESO (People Engaged in Stopping Obesity) is informed by a syndemic perspective, which acknowledges the interaction of various biopsychosocial factors and social conditions to impact community health concerns.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.