title: Community-academic partnerships to reduce black-white disparities in infant mortality in Florida.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In Florida, data reveal a widening black-white disparity in infant mortality to the disadvantage of black families. Eight Florida counties have a significantly pronounced black-white infant mortality gap: Broward, Duval, Gadsden, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, and Putnam.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The black Infant Health Community Collaborative (BIHCC) was established to address the rising racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality. The program used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to enable communities to develop sustainable initiatives to improve community health and reduce infant mortality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Grounded in CBPR principles, a community-academic-state partnership was created to address the upsurge in black-white disparity in infant mortality. Community teams from each participating county underwent a 2-year period of capacity building. The culmination of this process was community-driven action plans to alleviate infant health disparities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BIHCC provides a replicable model for the development of community-academic-state partnerships to enhance capacity for improving infant health outcomes.
authors: University of South Florida, FL, USA.
authors: Hamisu M
authors: HM
authors: Salihu
authors: Euna M
authors: EM
authors: August
authors: Amina P
authors: AP
authors: Alio
authors: Delores
authors: D
authors: Jeffers
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Austin
authors: Estrellita
authors: E
authors: Berry
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005431:Florida; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000639:trends; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities; D044465:White People