The Program in Community Engagement (PCE) works to improve community and population health through promoting and facilitating community-relevant and engaged research. The program provides services to support and facilitate collaboration among community members, representatives of community organizations, community health care providers, and research scientists. Support includes:
- Consultation
- Workshops
- Speakers Bureau
- Fellowships
- Funding
Community-Engaged Research
Community-engaged research is a framework or approach for conducting research, not a methodology in and of itself. It is characterized by the principles that guide the research and the relationships between the community and scientists. Community-engaged research requires partnership development, ongoing cooperation and negotiation, and commitment to addressing local issues of concern, most often health.
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
CBPR is a collaborative research approach that is designed to ensure and establish participation by affected communities, stakeholders of local organizations, and researchers in all aspects of the research process. CBPR emphasizes:
- Co-learning about issues of concern
- Reciprocal transfer of expertise
- Sharing of decision-making power
- Mutual ownership of the products and processes of research
The end result is incorporating the knowledge gained to improve the health and well-being of community members and populations. This approach is useful to communities and to address health care disparities in a variety of populations.
The NIH supports community-engaged research through seminars, training workshops, and increased funding opportunities.
PCE's Process
Consultation Services
- Broker and develop new research collaborations
- Design, implement, and evaluate community-engaged projects
- Disseminate research to diverse audiences
Stakeholder Advisory Committee
Comprised of community and academic representatives, the Stakeholder Advisory Committee guides the entire Clinical and Translational Science Institute, as well as the Program in Community Engagement, to set priorities, develop authentic community partnerships, and design and implement effective research strategies designed to improve community and population health.
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Dr. Scott D. Rhodes is professor and chair of the Department of Social Science and Health Policy. His research focuses on health promotion and disease prevention among sexual and gender minorities, Latin persons, and other traditionally marginalized populations using authentic approaches to community-engaged research, including CBPR, community capacity development, and empowerment. His research explores health disparities, sexual health, and immigration policy. Dr. Rhodes has extensive experience working with Latin communities and other communities of color; adolescents; persons living with HIV; gay and bisexual men; other men who have sex with men (MSM); and transgender persons. He currently has research studies in the United States and Central America.
Dr. Daniel is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM). Dr. Daniel also holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of Social Science and Health Policy at WFSM. Her research focuses on risk and trajectories associated with suicidal behavior, interventions for individuals at risk for suicidal behavior, school-based health and mental health interventions with an emphasis on reducing health disparities and increasing access to quality care, and familial, social, and environmental risk and protective factors as they relate to parent well-being and child and adolescent emotional and behavioral development. Dr. Daniel has extensive expertise in community-based participatory research approaches, as well as longitudinal and treatment development research methodologies with both clinical and community samples. Dr. Daniel is a leader in school-based health collaborations at local, state, and national levels. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County (SHA), a partner and supporting organization for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in NC. The SHA operates school-based health centers and provides health, mental health, and nutrition services to students within the local school district. 
Dr. Joseph A. “Joey” Skelton, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and serves as Director of the Brenner FIT® (Families In Training) Program, an interdisciplinary pediatric obesity treatment, prevention, research, and education program within Brenner Children’s Hospital. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, and is an affiliate of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, and is a member of the Center for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism and the Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research has focused on family-based treatment of children with obesity. He led the first in-depth investigation of attrition from pediatric weight management, with innovative focus on the influence of patient satisfaction and family function, using patient-centered approaches and family theory to explore this phenomenon. He was the first to show the prevalence of severe obesity in children and adolescents; with collaborators, he has better defined and classified severe obesity in children, demonstrating the increasing prevalence in the U.S. and the significantly increased cardiometabolic risk factors. He has active research collaborations with community organizations focused on nutrition and obesity. He and the Brenner FIT® Program have an active partnership with the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina researching child and family cooking.
Ms. Keena Moore is a Certified Health Education Specialist working as a Health Educator in the Program in Community Engagement. She is interested in addressing health disparities in the community that she lives, works, and worships. Keena is skilled in faith-based outreach and pedagogy. Her work has focused on childhood obesity, breast health, and the developmentally disabled. Keena works to serve and educate others about the unique assets and opportunities facing historically marginalized communities. She is passionate about increasing health equity.