My name is Courtney Barnard and I am a social worker, coalition coordinator, and program evaluator for a children’s health care system in Fort Worth, Texas. Lessons Learned: I recently attended a workshop on local children’s health data and racial equity. I quickly realized that, though with good intentions, my colleagues and I often conflate …
My name is Brian Hoessler, and I am the founder and principal of Strong Roots Consulting in Saskatoon, Canada. Actually, my business cards refer to me as Connector-in-Chief, because that’s how I see my evaluation and research work with non-profits: connecting questions with data, dreams with designs, and plans with reality. I also see my …
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Greetings. My name is Tiffeny Jimenez and I identify first as a Community Psychologist (CP). I am also an Assistant Professor of the Community Psychology Doctoral program at National Louis University in Chicago. As a CP, I inherently very quickly identify inequalities, injustices, and potential for collaboration where others may be more likely to see …
Greetings readers! We are Norma Seledon and Susan Ryerson Espino and we are members of the Community Psychology (CP) TIG. Over the past two years, the CP TIG has organized a “Walk the Talk” session at the AEA annual meeting. This is a way to provide members with opportunities to learn more about the conference …
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Hello. My name is Chris Michael Kirk and I am the Director of Mission Development at Atlantic Health System in New Jersey where I lead our Center for Population Health Sciences. At the Center, we conduct applied population health research and disseminate and evaluate community health interventions, including our Healthy Communities Initiative designed to reducing …
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My name is Kyrah Brown. I am a community psychologist and the program evaluator at Ubuntu Village, a grassroots African-centered community education program in Kansas. I would like to share some lessons from my experience working with an African-centered program that is addressing health disparities through community education and grassroots collaboration. Ubuntu Village operates as …
Hello! I am Julianne Manchester of the Community Psychology Topical Interest Group. In this discussion of reducing health disparities and achieving health equity, I’d like to focus on organizational readiness and practice as a starting point for delivering effective programs, products, and services within the context of improving healthcare access, raising standards of cultural and …
My name is Meenoo Mishra and I am the owner of Mishra Consulting, a public health writing and communications firm based in northern Virginia. For the past six years I have worked on promoting health equity and addressing health disparities within state health agencies. State health agencies are an important part of the larger public …
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My name is Susan Wolfe and I am a Senior Consultant at CNM Connect where I provide evaluation and capacity building services to non-profit organizations. I am also the incoming chair for the CP TIG. This week, the CP TIG will be presenting AEA 365 blogs related to working with initiatives to reduce health disparities. …
I’m Steve Erickson of EMSTAR Research, a community/organizational consulting firm based in Atlanta. For the last 10 years I have served as lead evaluator for the Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP), a public/private nonprofit that supports a statewide network of “Family Connection” Collaboratives addressing child and family issues in all 159 counties. Georgia is the …
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