Public Health Collaborations
• Community-Based Participatory Research Models
• Community Development Models for Health
• Urban Research Centers (URCs)
• CDC funding; 7+ yrs in operation
• ‘combined resources of the recipient, other local organizations, the
local community and CDC’ should be brought to the task of
research for the purpose of improving health in urban communities
• payoff: URCs collectively acquired additional $4.3
million in 1999 and $11 million (NIH, foundations etc)
• diverse portfolio: HIV; social determinants of drug use,
domestic violence, asthma; no mental health