TY - JOUR
T1 - Baltimore CONNECT
T2 - A randomized trial to build partnership between community organizations and a local health system
AU - Wu, Albert W.
AU - Hwang, Sandra
AU - Weston, Christine M.
AU - Ibe, Chidinma
AU - Boonyasai, Romsai T.
AU - Bone, Lee
AU - Do, Lopa Basu
AU - Lief, Isaac
AU - Gentry, Janice
AU - Purnell, Leon
AU - Rosenblum, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Program Award (4948). All statements in this report, including its findings and conclusions, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the PCORI, its Board of Directors, or Methodology Committee. The project was also supported in part by Grant Number 1C1CMS331053 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or any of its agencies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Background: Community-based organizations (CBOs) are key partners in supporting care, but health systems and CBOs operate in silos. Baltimore Community-based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together (CONNECT) was a randomized, controlled trial based on the core tenets of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Partnerships for Patient Safety Community Engagement (ACE) approach. Objectives: We describe a research protocol and lessons learned from a partnership between Johns Hopkins Health System and 11 CBOs. Methods: Baltimore CONNECT involved 22 CBOs in East Baltimore randomized to a co-developed intervention bundle versus control. Data were from review of notes and minutes from meetings, and discussions with each CBO on value added by intervention elements and on impact of the project. Lessons Learned: It is feasible to engage and maintain a network of CBOs linked with a local health system. Conclusions: The WHO ACE approach supported development and sustainment of a network of organizations linking health care and social services across East Baltimore.
AB - Background: Community-based organizations (CBOs) are key partners in supporting care, but health systems and CBOs operate in silos. Baltimore Community-based Organizations Neighborhood Network: Enhancing Capacity Together (CONNECT) was a randomized, controlled trial based on the core tenets of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Partnerships for Patient Safety Community Engagement (ACE) approach. Objectives: We describe a research protocol and lessons learned from a partnership between Johns Hopkins Health System and 11 CBOs. Methods: Baltimore CONNECT involved 22 CBOs in East Baltimore randomized to a co-developed intervention bundle versus control. Data were from review of notes and minutes from meetings, and discussions with each CBO on value added by intervention elements and on impact of the project. Lessons Learned: It is feasible to engage and maintain a network of CBOs linked with a local health system. Conclusions: The WHO ACE approach supported development and sustainment of a network of organizations linking health care and social services across East Baltimore.
KW - Cluster randomized controlled trial
KW - Community engagement
KW - Community health partnerships
KW - Community-based organizations
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Reverse innovation
KW - Social determinants of health
KW - Urban health
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2018.0054
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2018.0054
M3 - Article
C2 - 30581173
AN - SCOPUS:85058910138
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 12
SP - 297
EP - 306
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 3
ER -