Challenges of collaboration to address health disparities in the rapidly growing community of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Collaboration was established between a university and the faith-based community in Clark County, Nevada to develop a coalition to address chronic disease in the African American population. The university faculty enlisted several churches and health related agencies to join the coalition. The challenges of collaborating with a community coalition to develop and implement a grant are discussed.
Woodson
Joyce M
JM
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Las Vegas, NV 89123, USA. woodsonj@unce.unr.edu
Braxton-Calhoun
Millicent
M
Black
Jacqueline
J
Marinelli
Rosalie
R
O'Hair
Alyssa
A
Constantino
Nora L
NL
D001741:Black or African American; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009505:Nevada; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000458:organization & administration