BE-A-BRIDGE Partnership Project

 Purpose: To build capacity through partnership. 

 

Goal: Decrease and/or prevent tobacco use among those disparately affected by, or at risk for, diabetes, breast or cervical cancer, cardiovascular disease or stroke, and within specific populations (African American, Hispanic/Latinos, Asian/Pacific Islander, and LGBT). 

 

Impact: Elimination of tobacco related health disparities among specific groups.

BE A BRIDGE (BAB) Capacity Survey: Central Region Follow-Up

Survey Findings (N=126)

November 19, 2007

Presented by:

Jennifer Keith, MPH and Natalie Smith

Philadelphia Health Management Corp.

BE-A-Bridge Statewide Survey Full Report 4.18.07

The BE A BRIDGE Partnership aims to use a collaborative approach to build capacity among a broad spectrum of organizations for the purpose of linking tobacco resources to chronic disease efforts in Pennsylvania.  Among the core BE A BRIDGE initiatives are three Regional Summits in Eastern, Central and Western Pennsylvania, each to be followed with skill-based workshops.  The BE A BRIDGE Capacity Survey was developed by Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) to solicit feedback from potential Summit and follow-up workshop attendees that would inform the planning of these events as well as to assess current capacity and training needs of organizations within Pennsylvania.  The survey was distributed through BE A BRIDGE partner networks yielding 209 anonymous responses across Pennsylvania.

BE A BRIDGE Central Regional Summit
"Dialogue on Dispareties: Addressing Tobacco-Related Chronic Disease"
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Nittany Lion Inn ~ State College, PA

American Legacy Foundation presentation on a national initiative which funded strategies for developing culturally tailored sustainable programs

A Report from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and in collaboration with an HHS-wide Interagency Work Group provides a comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomici groups in the general U.S. population and within priority populations and tracks the progress of activities to reduce disparities