Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities

Dina M Jones; Elizabeth Taylor; Mohammed Orloff; T Elaine Prewitt; Katherine Donald; Carol E Cornell; Pebbles Fagan

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307470

Changes in Capacity Building and Sustained Implementation Among a Statewide Coalition to Address Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Disparities

Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan;114(S1):S59-S64. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307470.

Authors

Dina M Jones¹, Elizabeth Taylor¹, Mohammed Orloff¹, T Elaine Prewitt¹, Katherine Donald¹, Carol E Cornell¹, Pebbles Fagan¹

Affiliation

¹ Dina M. Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, Carol E. Cornell, and Pebbles Fagan are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Mohammed Orloff is with the Department of Epidemiology, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. T. Elaine Prewitt is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Katherine Donald is with the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas, Little Rock.

Abstract

This article describes Arkansas Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities (CEAL) Coalition initiatives and changes in measures of organizational capacity and sustainability via two waves of surveys. The Arkansas CEAL Coalition used several initiatives to address racial/ethnic COVID-19 disparities by building the capacity of community-based organizations and businesses to increase COVID-19 protective behaviors among their clients. Our study can inform future strategies that use a community-engaged coalition structure to reduce disparities among communities that suffer disproportionately from COVID-19. (Am J Public Health. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S1):S59-S64. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307470).

MeSH terms

Arkansas / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Capacity Building*
Humans
Racial Groups

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding