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ATRN Communications CommitteeThe ATRN is dedicated to enhancing community health and reducing health disparities, particularly in the Appalchian region through:
Community engagement is “the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people” (CDC, 1997, http://www.cdc.gov/phppo/pce/). Building of trusting researcher-community relationships and attention to community needs and perspectives is important during community-engaged research and in all human subjects research. Community Engagement Program activities include:
Meet your ATRN outreach and community engagement representatives: Sheanna Spence, Marshall University Rebekah Crawford, Ohio University Jeff Grever, The Ohio State University Beverly Stringer, The Ohio State University Emma Jones, University of Cincinnati Ashley Hall, University of Kentucky Isaiah Randall, Wake Forest University Ian Moore, West Virginia University Keith Jones, iThriv |