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Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research
The Orange County Alliance for Community Health Research (OCACHR) represents an exciting academic-community partnership opportunity that will build upon strong collaborative relationships to improve the way health research is conducted in Orange County.
The mission of the OCACHR is to improve the health and well-being of Orange County’s diverse population through collaborative research and by supporting sustainable research and dissemination of evidence-based best practices to inform local health decisions.
The OCACHR will:
- Create a web-based portal to provide important health data and research to our community
- Provide technical assistance, networking, training and mentoring opportunities among university faculty (UCI and Cal State Fullerton) and community based organizations
- Provide training in community-based participatory research (CBPR) to empower community agencies and university researchers to work together in developing and implementing research projects
- Lead community health collaborative workshops toward the development of an academic-community partnered health agenda and research projects
The OCACHR provides the opportunity to improve utilization of health data to develop evidence-based community research priorities, and increase community research capacity to engage in community-based participatory research. Through the OCACHR, community and academic partners will collaborate to identify the priority heath research issues of the county and develop a joint health research agenda and projects targeting those health concerns.
Upcoming Community Health Research Workshops:
Building Successful Partnerships WorkshopDate : November 14, 2012
Time : 9am-1pm
Location : Santa Ana (Details given upon confirmation of registration)
Curriculum : Facilitated networking opportunities with UCI and Cal State Fullerton faculty. This workshop will empower participants to collaborate on research projects addressing cutting edge and timely health issues and ensure equitable partnerships between community agencies and university researchers. Discuss the stages involved in partnership development, such as building relationships, assessing needs, developing compatible goals, implementing and evaluating programs, providing ongoing feedback, and assessing outcomes.
Program Evaluation Workshop
Date : January 9, 2013 <
Time : 9am-1pm
Location: Santa Ana (Details given upon confirmation of registration)
Curriculum : Core concepts of planning, designing, implementing, analyzing, and disseminating findings for program evaluation. It will also include presentations by community partners on specific challenges in healthcare and research. The students will then network and select partners for interdisciplinary teams to collaborate under the guidance of faculty mentors to develop mutually beneficial proposals for addressing the outlined challenges.
Proposal & Grant Writing Workshop
Date : February 13, 2013
Time : 9am-1pm
Location : Santa Ana (Details given upon confirmation of registration)
Curriculum : Provides hands-on instruction and technical assistance for proposal and grant writing relevant to community health services and research, including procedures for identifying funding opportunities, developing data-driven applications and successfully submitting funding proposals.
*Space is limited so sign up today!
For additional information, please contact Jacqueline Tran at Jackie@HealthierOC.org.
University of California-Irvine
California State University-Fullerton
Children & Families Commission of Orange County
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance
Orange County Health Care Agency
Public Health Foundation Enterprises
Contact information:
Jacqueline Tran, MPH
Community Research Advocate
jackie@healthieroc.org