Community Engagement Toolkit for Community Members
Community Engagement Toolkit for Community Members
Explore community engagement resources for community members and partners.
The CTSI Community Engagement program provides the list of resources below to help community partners and Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Hospital research teams identify a place to start when it comes to engaging stakeholders in the translational research process.
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Health Literacy: Past, Present and Future commemorates the 2004 release and features invited presentations and discussions of the progress made in the field of health literacy since that time, explores the current state of the field and discusses possible directions for future health literacy efforts.
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Op-Ed piece by Michael J. Fox, actor, author and founder of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
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Information for people interested in volunteering for research studies. Including resources for interested volunteers about how to get involved and videos that help to answer FAQ surrounding participation in clinical research studies.
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There are more than 85 institutions using ResearchMatch, which is an NIH sponsored volunteer registry designed to match researchers and study volunteers.
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An online tool which serves as a central repository of research studies that are seeking volunteers at The Ohio State University.
StudySearch was created to enhance visibility and participation in research studies conducted throughout The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital. It provides an easy way for potential study participants to find basic, descriptive information about openly recruiting research studies and trials at Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Hospital and provides them with contact information to participate.
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Find cancer clinical trials at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center- The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James).
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ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
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Non-profit organization promoting community/academic partnerships; provides educational resources discussing community-based participatory research.
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The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. It offers thousands of pages of tips and tools for taking action in communities.
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A free resource to help identify programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.
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Free access to CDC-authored publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, guidelines, recommendations and more.
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Works with state, tribal, local and territorial public health departments and other partners to: identify public health law priorities and research laws that impact the public's health; analyze public health legal preparedness; conduct comparative analyses across jurisdictions; prepare guides, articles, reports and toolkits; and develop and disseminate public health law curricula.
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Free, weekly digest featuring scientific articles to enhance awareness of scientific knowledge.
CDC Science Clips is an online bibliographic digest featuring scientific articles and publications that are shared with the public health community each week, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge. For questions about CDC peer-reviewed publications, contact the CDC Library at cdclibrary@cdc.gov or (404) 639-1717.
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Provides a full range of information services and products in support of public health research, policy and action. Although license restrictions limit online subscription access to CDC-affiliated users, several resources are available to support state and local health providers, including the Library Catalog.
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Central Ohio data on employment, housing, income, population, public assistance, transportation and more.
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Health Landscape is an interactive web-based mapping tool that allows health professionals, policy makers, academic researchers and planners to combine, analyze and display information in ways that promote better understanding of health and the forces that affect it.
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A theoretical framework and practical guide for engaging partners, principles, concepts and models.