Browsing by Subject "communities"
Item Binational/Cross Cultural Health Enhancement Center (BiCCHEC) at IUPUI(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012-04-13) Martinez-Mier, E. AngelesBiCCHEC fosters multidisciplinary research collaborations that address the biological, cultural, historical, legal, behavioral and demographic issues that impact the health status of communities where Latinos are born and where they live in Indiana. BiCCHEC has a commitment not only to research but also to teaching and service, and works always in partnership with communities. Current projects include: A microcredit project for residents of rural villages in Mexico, in partnership with the Indianapolis Rotary Club and ProMujer; a study on international service-learning outcomes of health professional students in the U.S., Latin America (Mexico), Africa (Kenya), and Asia (China), a partnership among IUSD, IUSM and IUSON faculty; a study on oral health disparities using community-based participatory research methodology, in partnership with La Plaza, and the Institute for Mexicans Abroad; and, a study on the dissemination of the Helping Babies Breath program in small rural communities, in partnership with the UAEH.Item Binational/Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08) Martinez Mier, EA; Stelzner, SM; Soto-Rojas, EAThe Binational/Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center (BiCCHEC) fosters multidisciplinary research collaborations that address the biological, cultural, historical, legal, behavioral and demographic issues that impact the health status of communities where Hispanics are born and where they live in Indiana. BiCCHEC, with a commitment not only to research but also to teaching and service, develops and utilizes approaches, programs, training, and applications that are culturally relevant, practical, just, reciprocal, and always in partnership with communities. As communities become more and more diverse, obstacles to health and wellbeing created by language and cultural differences emerge. Finding ways to improve the availability of health services and eliminate health disparities for an increasingly diverse and mobile community is a commitment of the center. Since its 2007, BiCCHEC members have submitted sixty three internal and external grants of which thirty one have been funded for over $900,000. They have published 31 peerreviewed articles or book chapters and presented their research findings in 81 symposiums, showcases, workshops or conferences as keynote speakers, panel discussants or speakers. BiCCHEC projects are multidisciplinary; approximately 80% of the projects involve two or more IUPUI schools. BiCCHEC projects are also collaborative; approximately 70% of the projects have one or more community partners. BiCCHEC’s main community partners are La Plaza, Inc., the Institute for Mexicans Abroad (IME), Friends of Hidalgo, and more recently the Indiana Latino Institute. BiCCHEC conducts research with a commitment to service and education. Members have mentored 111 students in research and service-learning projects.Item The Binational/Crosscultural Health Enhancement Center(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2010-04-09) Bergman, Alicia April; Bigatti, Silvia M.; Clark Jr., Charles M.; Everetts, David R.; Kahn, Hilary E.; Lorant, Diane Estella; Maupome, Gerardo; Mays, Rose M.; Riner, Mary E.; Snodgrass, Michael David; Soto, Armando; Stelzner, Sarah M.; Whitehead, Dawn Michele; Wilson, Gregory A.; Yoder, Karen M.The Binational/Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center (BiCCHEC) fosters multidisciplinary research collaborations that address the biological, cultural, historical, legal, behavioral and demographic issues that impact the health status of communities where Latinos are born and where they live in Indiana. Since its inception, BiCCHEC projects have been multidisciplinary, 80% of the projects involve two or more IUPUI schools. BiCCHEC projects are also collaborative, 70% of the projects have one or more community partners. BiCCHEC researchers have also established a strong commitment to teaching and service, actively involving students in research (25% of current projects are student led) and servicelearning activities, developing exchange programs through our partnerships and providing direct health services in community organized events. Signature center funds have been utilized to fund internal pilot projects. The current poster will highlight four of those projects that have received pilot funding from signature center funds and have resulted in external grant applications or have already received funding, or have resulted in peer reviewed-publications. These projects are considered representative of BiCCHEC’s activities, because of their collaborative, multidisciplinary and community-based nature and include: • Study on oral health disparities using community-based participatory research • Study on the attitudes regarding children with disabilities, beliefs regarding death, coping skills and supports used during bereavement in communities in Indiana and rural Mexico • Building of a bi-national research partnership for healthful eating and diabetes prevention among Mexican and Mexican-American children • Study on emigration and return migration in 20th Century Mexico: Across the border and back again • Study on the effects of migrants' acculturation on oral health and diet in Indianapolis and Tala, Jaliscco using social network theoryItem An equity framework for family, community, and school partnerships(Taylor and Francis, 2020-12-11) Teemant, Annela; Borgioli Yoder, Gina; Sherman, Brandon J.; Santamaría Graff, Cristina; School of EducationEquity has often been identified as a foundational concept for truly inclusive and reciprocal partnerships among schools, families, and communities. Equity can be difficult for schools to achieve without cultivating new paradigms for interacting with historically marginalized students, families, and communities. In order to bridge the ideal of equity with radical, scalable, and sustainable institutional change, we developed an equity framework for cultivating mutual interdependence among families, communities, and schools in partnership. Rooted in sociocultural and critical theories, this framework builds upon the values of mutual respect, democratic participation, critical consciousness, and sustainability. These values then support cycles of collaborative action amongst stakeholders leveraging problem posing and community organizing to address inequities. In our article, we discuss the underlying theory supporting the framework and elaborate upon its implications for practice.Item From Public City to “Philanthropolis”: The Making of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2015-04-17) Lahey, Jeremy; Boyle, Elliot; Inabnitt, JessicaThe Cultural Trail was brought to life by the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), a local philanthropy, with the city acting mainly as a consultant. Beginning in 1999, as a way to highlight different sections of the city, six cultural districts were established and the Indianapolis Cultural Trail emerged as a biking and pedestrian path to link these communities. The Central Indiana Community Foundation provided the primary impetus for the Cultural Trail. The route and design standards were driven by CICF with city staff members participating in the planning process primarily as invited guests, rather than as the main drivers of the project. Since the establishment of the Cultural Trail, city officials and local businesses have raised questions as to what entity is actually responsible for its upkeep. In addition to tracing the history of the Cultural Trail and looking at the issue of trail maintenance, another member of our team is analyzing the link between the multiple uses of the trail and economic growth for the city. Our primary objective in this research is to document and understand the implications of this new model of philanthropic development by using downtown Indianapolis as our study site.Item Pandemic influenza planning: a guide for individuals and families. [Part 1](2006-05) United States. Department of Health and Human Services.Guidelines for Americans to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Part 1 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Get Informed. Be Prepared." Part 2 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Challenges and Preparation". Part 3 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Prevention and Treatment". Part 4 contains section "Questions and Answers". Part 5 contains sections "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families", "Family Emergency Health Information Sheet", and "For More Information".Item Pandemic influenza planning: a guide for individuals and families. [Part 2](2006-05) United States. Department of Health and Human Services.Guidelines for Americans to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Part 1 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Get Informed. Be Prepared." Part 2 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Challenges and Preparation". Part 3 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Prevention and Treatment". Part 4 contains section "Questions and Answers". Part 5 contains sections "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families", "Family Emergency Health Information Sheet", and "For More Information".Item Pandemic influenza planning: a guide for individuals and families. [Part 3](2006-05) United States. Department of Health and Human Services.Guidelines for Americans to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Part 1 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Get Informed. Be Prepared." Part 2 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Challenges and Preparation". Part 3 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Prevention and Treatment". Part 4 contains section "Questions and Answers". Part 5 contains sections "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families", "Family Emergency Health Information Sheet", and "For More Information".Item Pandemic influenza planning: a guide for individuals and families. [Part 4](2006-05) United States. Department of Health and Human Services.Guidelines for Americans to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Part 1 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Get Informed. Be Prepared." Part 2 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Challenges and Preparation". Part 3 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Prevention and Treatment". Part 4 contains section "Questions and Answers". Part 5 contains sections "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families", "Family Emergency Health Information Sheet", and "For More Information".Item Pandemic influenza planning: a guide for individuals and families. [Part 5](2006-05) United States. Department of Health and Human Services.Guidelines for Americans to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Part 1 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Get Informed. Be Prepared." Part 2 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Challenges and Preparation". Part 3 contains section "Pandemic Influenza -- Prevention and Treatment". Part 4 contains section "Questions and Answers". Part 5 contains sections "Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families", "Family Emergency Health Information Sheet", and "For More Information".