title: A model for bidirectional community-academic engagement (CAE): overview of partnered research, capacity enhancement, systems transformation, and public trust in research.
abstract: The University of Maryland's Office of Policy and Planning in collaboration with urban and rural community partners, planned and implemented a model for community-academic engagement (CAE) in partnered research and programs. The model addressed health disparities, cancer and tobacco-related diseases, and public trust in research. Environments have flourished that resulted in bidirectional community-academic interactions, and led to transformation of the academic environment and community capacity to identify and address health issues. This collaborative model produced: •    enhanced public trust in research; and •    enhanced community and Academic Health Center (AHC) capacity to address community health needs as partners. A unique feature of this model is AHC's shared grant funding with community partners serving diverse and medically underserved communities for predetermined roles in research, policy and educational programs. Over $18 million in grant funding was provided to community organizations. This paper presents an overview of this model as a case study.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA. cbaquet@som.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Claudia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Baquet
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D035502:Trust; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*