Community-Based Participatory Research
Grantees:
Janus Youth Programs, Inc.
Village Gardens
2009 - To improve nutritional options, social cohesion, social capital, and opportunities for micro-enterprise among residents of housing complexes by first establishing a CBPR advisory board.
$20,000
Benton County Health Department
Latino Health Ambassador Network
2009 - To develop a Latino Health Ambassador Network to formally engage Latino community members and other formal/informal Latino community leaders in addressing the disproportionate impact of chronic disease on Latinos living in Benton and Linn Counties.
$15,000
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
African Partnership for Health
2009 - To enhance the capacity for health leadership and policy advocacy among African refugees and immigrants in the Portland Metro area using CBPR.
$19,857
Family Building Blocks
Advocacy for Oregon’s Relief Nurseries
2009 - Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Inform Policy Advocacy for Oregon’s Relief Nurseries: Identifying Returns on Investments. To study the cost effectiveness and return on investment of the relief nurseries programs in Oregon using CBPR.
$180,000
Mountain View Hospital Foundation
Policy Approaches to Children’s Health (PATCH)
2009 - To test if school-based policies such as menu labeling, recess before lunch, and parental notification of body mass index will have an impact on childhood obesity.
$175,271
Upstream Public Health
Engaging Social Service Agencies and Poverty Rights Groups in Tobacco Control
2008 - To engage people concerned about the welfare of low-income Oregonians in policy advocacy for tobacco prevention in the 2009 legislative session.
$20,000 over one year.
Upstream Public Health
Assessing the Health Benefits of Reducing Car and Truck Traffic
2008 - To conduct a CBPR-centered Health Impact Assessment (HIA) that would map the impact of reduced vehicle use to key health indicators.
$72,140 over one year.
Community Alliance of Tenants
Mold and Moisture: Effective Interventions, useful Practice, and Better Policies
2008 - To pilot and evaluate an CBPR intervention to address high mold/moisture conditions and its effects on respiratory disease among rental housing unit tenants, and use data to affect rental housing policies in Multnomah County.
$180,000 over three years.
Coalition of Communities of Color
Making People of Color Count in Policy Making
2008 - To gather information to develop community profiles about the “lived realities” of communities of color in Multnomah County, and utilize this information to inform agencies and policymakers about these communities.
$180,000 over four years
Trauma Healing Project, Inc.
Healing Conversations Community Action Research and Engagement (CARE) Project
2007 - To develop and evaluate a community-based trauma healing model using a participatory action approach.
$180,000 over 3 years
Organizing People, Activating Leaders
Portland Environmental Justice Partnership Project
2007 - To establish a broad coalition of community organizations, public agencies, faith-based institutions, low-income residents, businesses and academic institutions in an effort to assess and address environmental risk factors and health disparities in the neighborhoods of outer southeast and north/northeast Portland.
$30,000 over 1 year
Mountain View Hospital Foundation
Baseline BMI Measure of Jefferson County School-aged Children
2007 - To assess children's BMI (body mass index) using a community-based participatory research approach intended to strengthen and expand an existing community partnership. Jefferson County;
$29,538 over 1 year
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
My Health in My Hands (Mi Salud en Mis Manos)
2007 - To develop and test a community-based chronic disease self-management program for Latino farmworkers using community-based participatory research. Marion and Polk counties;
$179,974 over 3 years
Union County Commission on Children & Families
Assessing the Influence of the Rural School and Community Environments on the Physical Activity Patterns and Food Choices of Rural Children
2006 - To better understand how the environment of rural children contributes to obesity through an extensive assessment process involving focus groups and a “photovoice” project.
$57,566
Josiah Hill, III Clinic
Healthy Futures Collaborative
2006 - To improve indoor air quality and thus reduce asthma triggers for low-income families and families of color in the Cully neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
$82,050
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization
HIV / AIDS Prevention Intervention for Asian Pacific Islander Women: Do Partners Make a Difference?
2006 - To develop, implement and evaluate a culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV / AIDS educational prevention program for Asian Pacific Islander women living in the Portland metro area that involves male partners.
$150,245
Community Alliance of Tenants
Tenants' Voice: A Housing and Health Needs Self-Assessment and Intervention Plan
2006 - To identify housing repair and other problems within a low-income rental housing community in Multnomah County that are linked with chronic respiratory illnesses, and use the findings of the needs assessment to collaboratively plan educational and policy-level interventions.
$66,545
University of Washington School of Nursing
Arthritis in Focus: Improving the Quality of Life Through a Lifetime Fitness Program
2003 - To improve the health of people with arthritis in targeted counties by increasing participation in a Lifetime Fitness Program.
$275,691
Institute on Aging, Portland State University
Arthritis Among Hispanics in Oregon: Developing Community Solutions
2003 - To develop a database on the characteristics of, beliefs about, and treatment behaviors related to arthritis among this population; to develop a comprehensive plan for minimizing the ill effects of arthritis on this population; and to field-test one or more strategies developed and evaluate the results.
$461,000
Providence Center on Aging
CHAMPS: Community-Based Home Arthritis Management Project
2003 - To determine whether or not an arthritis self-management education program alone, or in combination with nursing case management, will lead to decreased pain, increased function, and decreased health care costs for study participants. The study targets home-bound older adults (65+) with limited mobility.
$446,543