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Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Abstract
Reducing health disparities in rural communities of color remains a national concern.
Efforts to reduce health disparities often center on community engagement, which is
historically the strategy used to provide rural minority populations with support
to access and utilize health information and services. Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs), with their origins derived from social injustices and discrimination,
are uniquely positioned to conduct this type of engagement. We present the "Research
with Care" project, a long-standing positive working relationship between North Carolina
Central University (NCCU) and rural Halifax County, North Carolina, demonstrating
an effective campus-community partnership. The importance of readiness to implement
Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) principles is underscored. As demonstrated
by the NCCU-Halifax partnership, we recommend leveraging the positive associations
of the HBCU brand identity as a method of building and sustaining meaningful relationships
with rural Black communities. This underscores the role and value of HBCUs in the
health disparities research arena and should be communicated and embraced.
Type
Journal articleSubject
HumansUniversities
African Americans
Rural Population
Health Promotion
Delivery of Health Care
North Carolina
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Pandemics
Social Determinants of Health
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/26417Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.3390/ijerph18010064Publication Info
Taylor, Lorraine C; Watkins, Charity S; Chesterton, Hannah; Kimbro, K Sean; & Gerald,
Ruby (2020). Rural Community Engagement for Health Disparities Research: The Unique Role of Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(1). pp. E64. 10.3390/ijerph18010064. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/26417.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Charity S Watkins
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Watkins is a tenure-track professor and provisionally licensed outpatient therapist.
She earned her BA in Sociology, Masters in Social Work (MSW), and PhD in Social Work
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Watkins joined North Carolina
Central University faculty in 2018 while serving as a school social worker and completing
her dissertation focused on promotive parenting factors for academic resilience among
socioeconomically marginalized Black children.

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