Community Engaged Approaches to Health Improvement

3 credits · Allied Health Graduate Program

This course will provide an introduction to community engagement (CE), particulary community-engaged research (CenR), as a tool for health improvement. Through course content, learners will gain an appreciation for the value of CE and its challenges. They will gain basic skills in CE and will have an opportunity to strengthen those skills through a hands-on project. Finally, they will be provided with the capacity and resources to continue to assess and develop their practice of engagement. Mina Silberberg, PhD, Vice-Chief for Research and Evaluation, and Michelle Lyn, MBA/MHA, Division Chief, Duke Division of Community Health