title: Project TEACH: A Capacity-Building Training Program for Community-Based Organizations and Public Health Agencies.
abstract: Project TEACH (Teaching Equity to Advance Community Health) is a capacity-building training program to empower community-based organizations and regional public health agencies to develop data-driven, evidence-based, outcomes-focused public health interventions. TEACH delivers training modules on topics such as logic models, health data, social determinants of health, evidence-based interventions, and program evaluation. Cohorts of 7 to 12 community-based organizations and regional public health agencies in each of the 6 Colorado Area Health Education Centers service areas participate in a 2-day training program tailored to their specific needs. From July 2008 to December 2011, TEACH trained 94 organizations and agencies across Colorado. Training modules were well received and resulted in significant improvement in knowledge in core content areas, as well as accomplishment of self-proposed organizational goals, grant applications/awards, and several community-academic partnerships.
authors.affiliation: Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sauaia
authors.forename: Nicole R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Tuitt
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Cerise
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ledezma-Amorosi
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Byers
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003120:Colorado; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods; D054521:Cultural Competency; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009111:Local Government; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011635:Public Health Administration; D015980:Public Health Practice; D064890:Social Determinants of Health