title: Lessons learned from the Uniontown Community Health Project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compile lessons learned from the Uniontown Community Health Project.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lessons-learned information was gathered from project staff and community volunteers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis led to the identification of 6 lessons: (a) Establish personal working relationships in communities; (b) find a local community coordinator to lead efforts; (c) be patient in implementing a community health advisor (CHA) model; (d) be flexible and emphasize simplicity when implementing community activities; (e) recognize that meeting research goals requires compromise; and (f) plan transfer of project activities to the community from the beginning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These lessons may benefit others implementing CHA programs.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Littleton
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dignan
authors.forename: Nell
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raczynski
authors.forename: Varena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stalker
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McDuffie
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Barb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Streumpler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012424:Rural Population