Engaging and Working with African American Fathers: Strategies and Lessons Learned, written for and by social service practitioners and researchers, challenges traditional, fragmented approaches to practice with African American fathers. Each chapter includes current evidence on engagement approaches, agencies, programs addressing specific issues fathers face, and case studies documenting approaches to addressing their diverse needs. With chapters written primarily by African American women, the goal is to engage other female students and professionals who dominate helping professions, demonstrate their contributions to the field, and advocate for underserved African American fathers.
Rollins, L. (2020). Engaging and working with fathers: Strategies and lessons. New York: Routledge.
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The Morehouse Model will serve as a primary textbook for the development of culturally competent community coalitions in health promotion and prevention programming designed to advance health equity and an assumed, lifelong research education and clinical destination. The manuscript is a testimony to the effectiveness of academic-community partnerships to address risk factors contributing to health inequities. The practical strategies, supported by rigorous evaluation, will become the “how-to” in the development and sustaining of community-dominant coalitions to address health and social issues at the grassroots level. We advance that this book will be a guiding compass for burgeoning and seasoned public health, researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and educational leaders seeking to teach, partner, and practice the importance of community-engagement, thus giving voice to the voiceless.
Braithwaite, R., Akintobi, T., Blumenthal, D., & Langley, M. (2020). Morehouse Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement and Health Equity Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, Maryland
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MSM Receives 5-year Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center (PRC)
January 29, 2020
“For over twenty years, the MSM PRC has led our institution’s efforts to advance a
nationally recognized community-based participatory research (CBPR) model operationalizing
community lead research – from conceptualization to dissemination – across a spectrum
of health disparities (e.g. HIV, cardiovascular health, diabetes, cancer, behavioral
and mental health, among many others). This model has been locally, nationally and
globally recognized as an exemplar in advancing the art, science and practice of community
engaged research with demonstratable impact,” says Sandra Harris-Hooker, Ph.D., Professor
and Executive Vice Dean for Research and Academic Administration at Morehouse School
of Medicine.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $3.75 million grant to
the Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center (PRC). The overall goal of the PRC is to implement community-engaged, evidence-based strategies
in response to obstinate and emerging health disparities/inequities thereby advancing
applied public health prevention and health equity. The PRC will include a research
infrastructure consisting of training, communication, evaluation and community components
designed to lead and collaborate with both academic, community and agency partners
to scale and disseminate public health prevention strategies. It will also lead an
implementation research study to test an evidence-based HIV testing, education and
condom distribution intervention in collaboration with minority serving institutions
in surrounding communities and local health departments in rural and urban areas across
the State of Georgia.
The PRC is governed by a policy-making Community Coalition Board that governs its research to ensure community resonance and attention to social determinants of health. Over the next five years (2019-2024) the Center will bring together research, agency and community expertise to 1) conduct research that is informed by community members, the organizations that serve them and academic partners with expertise in implementing and evaluating public health programs 2) train underrepresented community-based researchers and public health practitioners and 3) demonstrate the value of community coalitions in conducting research. The PRC’s efforts will place emphasis on African American and other minority and disparate populations experiencing persistent health disparities across the state of Georgia.
“The PRC will expand upon a deeply-rooted CBPR legacy through approaches that bring together rigorous science, uncompromised community engagement, and policy systems and environmental change partners towards implementation of what we learn and how we lead in the beyond the academy-in real-world where health equity change occurs” says Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and PRC Principal Investigator.
The CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Prevention funds the PRC as part of a 25-center network designed to develop, test, and/or evaluate public health interventions for wide application and translation, particularly in underserved communities, based on the latest science. To learn more about the Morehouse School of Medicine PRC visit: https://www.msm.edu/Research/research_centersandinstitutes/PRC/index.php
About Morehouse School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), located in Atlanta, Ga., was founded in 1975 as a two-year Medical Education Program at Morehouse College with clinical training affiliations with several established medical schools for awarding the MD degree. In 1981, MSM became an independently chartered institution and the first medical school established at a Historically Black College and University in the 20th century. MSM is among the nation's leading educators of primary care physicians and has twice been recognized as the top institution among U.S. medical schools for its dedication to the social mission of education. The faculty and alumni are noted in their fields for excellence in teaching, research, and public policy, and are known in the community for exceptional, culturally appropriate patient care. Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctorate and master’s degrees.