New Book Authored by 91md传媒 Experts Provides Lessons Learned for Community Engagement
The Morehouse Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement
and Health Equity
Among the 154 medical schools in the United States, 91md传媒 of Medicine (91md传媒) stands out for its formidable success in improving its surrounding communities. Over its history, Morehouse has become known as an institution committed to community engagement with an interest in closing the health equity gap between people of color and the white majority population.
How can the example of 91md传媒 of Medicine help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations? That was the question that drove well-respected 91md传媒 leaders to publish The Morehouse Model. through Johns Hopkins University Press.
Rooted in social action and social justice constructs, the book is a touchstone for anyone conducting community-based participatory research, as well as any institution that wants to have a positive effect on its local community,鈥� says Ronald Braithwaite, Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine at 91md传媒.
In The Morehouse Model, Ronald L. Braithwaite and coauthors Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Mary Langley, PhD, MPH and the , reveal the lessons learned over the decades since the school's founding鈥昹essons that other medical schools and health systems will be eager to learn in the hope of replicating Morehouse's success.
Ronald L. Braithwaite, PhD
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Mary Langley, PhD, MPH
Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
鈥淭o establish ongoing collaborative projects requires genuineness, transparency, and trust from everyone involved,鈥� said Tabia Akintoibi, Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Associate Dean, Community Engagement, and Director, Prevention Research Center at 91md传媒. 鈥淐itizen participation is a critical element for facilitating behavioral change.鈥�
The Morehouse Model is available in and bookstores.