Open AccessCritical Elements of Community Engagement to Address Disparities and Related Social Determinants of Health: The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Disease Initiative
Author(s) -
Scott D. Rhodes,
Jason DanielUlloa,
Shauntā S Wright,
Lilli MannJackson,
David Johnson,
Norman Hayes,
Jo A. Valentine
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001267
Subject(s) - community engagement , community based participatory research , medicine , grounded theory , sexually transmitted disease , transgender , community organization , health equity , reproductive health , gerontology , public relations , participatory action research , public health , nursing , family medicine , environmental health , political science , qualitative research , sociology , gender studies , population , social science , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , anthropology
Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Disease (CARS), a unique initiative of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promotes the use of community engagement to increase sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention, screening, and treatment and to address locally prioritized STD-related social determinants of health within communities experiencing STD disparities, including youth, persons of color, and sexual and gender minorities. We sought to identify elements of community engagement as applied within CARS.