Implementing a Community Empowerment Center to Build Capacity for Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Interventions to Promote Community Health
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2015
Publication Title
Journal of Community Health
DOI
10.1007/s10900-015-0038-9
ISSN
1573-3610
Abstract
The Community Empowerment Center used a community-engaged approach to build capacity among residents to develop and implement interventions focused on creating a healthier environment. The Center partnered with residents living in a public housing community and adjacent low-income neighborhood and provided support through a mini-grant program. A six-session training program guided community members inmini grant development; 25 individuals attended at least one session. Six grant proposals were submitted; three were awarded $12,000 each for intervention implementation. Findings offer a model for engaging residents from low-resource settings in intervention development, implementation, and sustainability for community health promotion.
Recommended Citation
Smallwood, Stacy W., Darcy Freedman, Ronald Pitner, Patricia Sharpe, Jennie Ann Cole, Shanna Hastie, Brittney Hunter.
2015.
"Implementing a Community Empowerment Center to Build Capacity for Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Interventions to Promote Community Health."
Journal of Community Health, 40 (6): 1122-1129.
doi: 10.1007/s10900-015-0038-9
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/commhealth-facpubs/119
