CTSC-HERO Complementary Partnership Roles to Improve Community Engaged Research and Health Outcomes
| CTSC | HERO Program | Community Health Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide salary support to regional HEROs | + | Determine community research priorities | = | Increase in community-engaged research |
| Train HEROs in community-based research methods | + | Facilitate recruitment of study participants | = | 1. Increased rural research participation |
| 2. Dissemination of research results | ||||
| Orient investigators interested in community engaged research to community needs and local HEROs | + | Provide researchers with on-site orientation to community assets, challenges | = | More collaboration between HEROs and CTSC researchers |
| Identify evidence-based dissemination opportunities | + | Translate research into coaching, advocacy and policy development | = | Improvement in social determinants of health |
CTSC, Clinical and Traslational Science Center; HERO, Health Extesion Regional Officers.