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  • The Morehouse Model: How One School of Medicine Revolutionized Community Engagement and Health Equity
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  • Ronald L. Braithwaite, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Daniel S. Blumenthal, and W. Mary Langley. foreword by Valerie Montgomery Rice
  • 2020
  • Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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How can the example of Morehouse School of Medicine help other health-oriented universities create ideal collaborations between faculty and community-based organizations?Among the 154 medical schools in the United States, Morehouse School of Medicine 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. In The Morehouse Model, Ronald L. Braithwaite and his coauthors reveal the lessons learned over the decades since the school's founding—lessons that other medical schools and health systems will be eager to learn in the hope of replicating Morehouse's success. Describing the philosophical, cultural, and contextual grounding of the Morehouse Model, they give concrete examples of it in action before explaining how to foster the collaboration between community-based organizations and university faculty that is essential to making this model of care and research work. Arguing that establishing ongoing collaborative projects requires genuineness, transparency, and trust from everyone involved, the authors offer a theory of citizen participation as a critical element for facilitating behavioral change. Drawing on case studies, exploratory research, surveys, interventions, and secondary analysis, they extrapolate lessons to advance the field of community-based participatory research alongside community health.Written by well-respected leaders in the effort to reduce health inequities, The Morehouse Model is rooted in social action and social justice constructs. It will be 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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Dedication
  2. Ronald L. Braithwaite, Tabia Henry Akintobi, W. Mary Langley
  3. pp. vii-x
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  1. Foreword
  2. Valerie Montgomery Rice
  3. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xv-xviii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xix-xxii
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  1. 1. Introduction to the Morehouse School of Medicine Model
  2. pp. 1-28
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  1. 2. Social Accountability, Medical Education, and Public Health
  2. pp. 29-57
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  1. 3. Community-Based Participatory Research
  2. pp. 58-89
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  1. 4. Evolution of the Morehouse Model for Community Engagement
  2. pp. 90-120
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  1. 5. Engaging Micropolitan and Rural Communities in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
  2. pp. 121-149
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  1. 6. Educational and Leadership Development—for Communities, by Communities
  2. pp. 150-175
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  1. 7. The Medical School of Tomorrow
  2. pp. 176-204
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  1. Appendixes
  2. pp. 205-260
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 261-268
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