The Colorado Community Engagement Alliance (CO-CEAL) is a partnership between the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, several community-based organizations, and dozens of trusted local community members. Its mission is to address disproportionate impacts on health through active community engagement and outreach, capacity building, and long-lasting community partnerships to improve participation in health research. Funding for CEAL comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
CO-CEAL seeks to strengthen the translation of medical knowledge and scientific evidence into sustainable, culturally relevant practices and messages that resonate with communities. The initiative also aims to build capacity among community members and foster partnerships both between communities and the University and within communities themselves. CO-CEAL uses the Transcreational Framework to engage with 5 communities in urban and rural Colorado to co-identify and co-address chronic disease-related issues with interventions that align with community cultural norms and values. CO-CEAL uses Group Model Building (GMB) to identify leverage points in each community and uses the Boot Camp/Community Translation (BCT) process to transcreate and disseminate messages and interventions related to chronic disease and mental health using a variety of mediums. CO-CEAL collaborates with community members, identified for their status as trusted messengers and having strong community connections, to build networks of community members from various sectors/roles to participate in project activities, including Boot Camp Translation, data collection, and participatory community meetings.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,500
Transcreation of existing or new behavioral/knowledge-focused intervention.
University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado, United States
RECRUITINGChange in the number of respondents reporting how many times per week over the past month do they eat a green leafy or lettuce salad, with or without other vegetables as measured by Common Survey 4.
Response options are on a scale of "Never" to "More than 6 times per week". Change indicates an increase or decrease of the number of times per week a respondent eats leafy greens.
Time frame: From Baseline Common Survey 4 to Follow-Up Common Survey 4, up to 2 years
Change in the number of respondents reporting a lack of reliable transportation over the past 12 months that keeps them from medical appointments, meetings, work, or getting things they need for daily living as measured by Common Survey 4.
Response options are "Yes" and "No". Change is indicated by moving from "Yes" to "No" and vice versa; "Yes" indicates respondent does not have reliable transportation for such activities; "No" indicates respondent has reliable transportation for such activities.
Time frame: From Baseline Common Survey 4 to Follow-Up Common Survey 4, up to 2 years
Change in the number of respondents reporting getting the social and emotional support they need as measured by Common Survey 4.
Response options are on a scale of "Never" to "Always" to describe how often they receive the social and emotional support they need. Change is indicated by moving from receiving support less frequently to receiving support more frequently (e.g., moving from "Rarely" to "Sometimes").
Time frame: From Baseline Common Survey 4 to Follow-Up Common Survey 4, up to 2 years
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