Population Health Improvement Awards: Supporting Community and Academic Capacity to Partner in Research and Improve Population Health.

The Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engaged Research Initiative began its Population Health Improvement Awards grant program in 2017. This program builds community-engaged research capacity by promoting the formation of community-academic research teams, educating researchers about equitable partnerships, and empowering community members and organizations to access academic research resources. With a focus on community-identified priorities, the program purposefully engages local communities in an enterprise that has traditionally labeled community members as "participants" rather than "partners.

A Mixed-Methods Examination of Referral Processes to Clinic-Community Partnership Programs for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity.

Partnerships with community programs have been used to improve access to obesity care and address clinical barriers to childhood obesity management; however, little is known about the program referral process. The objective of this study was to identify factors that affect the referral from clinics to community-based programs. Active Recreation through Community-Healthcare Engagement Study (ARCHES) is a mixed-method, implementation study designed to test the feasibility of establishing clinic-community partnerships to treat childhood obesity.

Weight-related quality of life and temperament as predictors and moderators of outcomes among treatment-seeking, low-income, ethnically diverse children with obesity.

Within any childhood obesity treatment program, some children have better outcomes than others. Little is known about predictors or moderators of more positive outcomes. We aimed to identify whether child temperament and weight-related quality of life predict or moderate childhood obesity treatment outcomes at 6 months.

An Integrated Clinic-Community Partnership for Child Obesity Treatment: A Randomized Pilot Trial.

Background And Objectives: Effective treatment of childhood obesity remains elusive. Integration of clinical and community systems may achieve effective and sustainable treatment. However, the feasibility and effectiveness of this integrated model are unknown.

Feasibility of a Clinic-Community Partnership to Treat Childhood Obesity.

Background: "Bull City Fit" is a childhood obesity treatment partnership between Duke Children's pediatric weight management clinic and Durham Department of Parks and Recreation.

Objectives: Report on feasibility and implementation, characteristics of participants, and predictors of attendance.

Methods: Mixed methods study consisting of (1) a retrospective cohort analysis (n = 171) reporting demographic, attendance, and clinical data and (2) structured focus groups among stakeholders to identify implementation facilitators and barriers.