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The Broken Crayons..Still Color Project

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The Broken Crayons…Still Color Project (BCSCP) is a prevention program, which aims to limit and reduce depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance abuse. The program is designed to assist African-American women ages 18 and older to become more knowledgeable about mental illness, reduce stigma, understand what constitutes good mental health, root causes of mental illness, and strategies for the treatment and prevention of mental illness. It addresses the Phase 1 priority population strategy: providing insight into mental health topics among African-American women in selected faith-based churches.

Turning Resilience Into Brilliance for Eternity

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The Turning Resilience Into Brilliance for Eternity (TRIBE) Program is a prevention and early intervention program that aims to prevent or intervene in the early onset of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) for foster and adjudicated AA male youth. The CDEP does this by increasing resiliency through skills building, identity development, peer support and mentoring, opening the aperture to higher education, and widening the access to mental health services. Utilizing an ecological approach and brain-based learning, the TRIBE CDEP is designed to address Phase 1 priority population strategy of building on community strengths and demonstrably improving the quality of mental health services by providing services that are culturally congruent, sensitive and competent. The program outcome measures will be, decrease the risks for skid row and homelessness, prison, drug addiction, educational failure, and mental illness, including Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), depression, suicide, anxiety, and reactivity. Additionally, the CDEP anticipates increases in adaptability, self-efficacy, and social connectivity.

Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement: A Conceptual Model to Advance Health Equity through Transformed Systems for Health

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An introduction to the Assessing Community Engagement conceptual model, which centers equity, shared governance, trust, culturally centered approaches, and measurable outcomes of meaningful engagement.

Reported community engagement in health equity research published in high-impact medical journals: a scoping review

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A scoping review of 626 health-equity-focused articles that examines how often and at what stages communities were engaged. It finds that reported engagement was uncommon and rarely extended across the full research process.

Achieving the Health Equity Agenda Through Transformative Community-Engaged Strategies

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An essay examining whether conventional community engagement has reached its potential to advance health equity. It calls for transformative, power-aware strategies that position communities as equal decision makers.

Advancing community-engaged research to promote health equity: considerations to improve the field

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An overview of community-engaged research approaches, their value for health equity, and practical steps for applying core principles while avoiding tokenistic engagement.

Moving from Crisis Toward Opportunity: Framing Social Media and Youth Mental Health

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This playbook provides practical, research-based guidance for shifting the conversation about social media and adolescent mental health. It draws on FrameWorks’ in-depth and ongoing framing research on how advocates, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can move away from unproductive crisis narratives and instead use framing strategies that highlight opportunity, agency, and collective responsibility.

It also offers specific guidance for speaking to parents in ways that avoid blame and shame and instead emphasize their expertise and partnership with practitioners.

A Blueprint for Promoting Equitable Health and Health Care through Community-Led Initiatives

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This publication draws on interviews with five community-led organizations to identify eight common approaches that support equitable health outcomes, including trusted partnerships, cultural practices, strong networks, and sustainable funding.

Advancing Vaccine Equity through Community-Based Organizations: Partnering for Vaccine Equity Program Annual Evaluation Report—Year Three

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This report documents the experiences of 24 community-based organizations implementing vaccine equity projects and describes the infrastructure, technical assistance, culturally effective outreach, and investment needed to sustain their work.

Supporting Communities and Local Public Health Departments During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Roadmap for Equitable and Transformative Change

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This roadmap offers policy, program, workforce, data, funding, and partnership recommendations for public health departments and community organizations working toward an equitable emergency response and long-term systems change.