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New Book Alert: Researching Health Together

For those looking to understand, design, and implement research collaborations between researchers and community members, patients, and other stakeholders, it can be hard to find detailed information about engagement methods and how they are implemented. But a new book, Researching Health Together: Engaging Patients and Stakeholders, from Topic Identification to Policy Change, was recently published…

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Engaging Martinsville: Community Action Helping Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

Engaging Martinsville: Community Action Helping Tackle the Opioid Epidemic For years, Southwest Virginia has been heavily impacted by the opioid epidemic. This includes the town of Martinville, Virginia, which has had one of the highest rates of opioid pills prescribed per person in the country.  To address the epidemic in the region, the Center on…

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SEED Method Seminar Event

With support from the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research, the Center on Society and Health hosted a seminar Thursday, May 11th for research and community partners interested in patient-centered outcomes research. The event attracted about 50 researchers and students from across the VCU campus interested in how to facilitate stakeholder derived research agendas…

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Event on Engaging Stakeholders in Health Research

VCU’s Center on Society and Health, in association with the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, will host a seminar for research and community partners interested in patient-centered outcomes research. The seminar will begin with a presentation from Dr. Christopher Gayer, Program Officer from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Department of Dissemination and…

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Manuscript on SEED Method study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

CSH researchers, led by Emily Zimmerman, together with the Engaging Richmond team, recently published a manuscript in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on the PCORI-funded SEED Method study. Entitled “A Patient and Provider Research Agenda on Diabetes and Hypertension Management,” the article discusses the first demonstration of the SEED (Stakeholder Engagement in Question Development…

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SEED Method Celebration Event

On Friday November 13th, Engaging Richmond hosted a celebration luncheon at the East District Family Resource Center to celebrate the work and contributions of project participants in VCU Center on Society and Health’s SEED Method Study, a novel approach designed to engage community stakeholders in developing research questions around health related topics. These community stakeholders…

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Engaging Richmond at East End Community Field Day

Article by Travis White, Engaging Richmond member Engaging Richmond has been working hard on its latest community research project and has been actively reaching out and partnering with community organizations and their members. On August 20, 2015 Engaging Richmond members participated in the 3rd annual East End Community Field Day hosted by Richmond Promise Neighborhood…

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Utilizing Different Perspectives in Community Research

Written by: Isra Malik, an MPH student at Virginia Commonwealth University who completed a summer internship at the Center on Society and Health The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)-funded research study at VCU’s Center on Society and Health (CSH) recently completed several major project milestones. The SEED Method, a novel approach developed by Dr….

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The VCU Center on Society and Health Approved for $1.04 Million Funding Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

The VCU Center on Society and Health is delighted to announce it has been approved for a $1.04 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test a new framework, the SEED method, for conceptualizing and prioritizing research questions on health related topics through collaborative, participatory, and consultative stakeholder engagement. These stakeholders…

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