1. Project TEACH (Teaching Equity to Advance Community Health):
A capacity building community-academic partnership to achieve health equity
Angela Sauaia, Elaine Belansky, Carol Kaufman, Mariana Leon-Amorosi, Kris Wenzel, Jack M. Westfall, Nicole Tuitt and Tim Byers, University of Colorado Denver
T.E.A.C.H.
Partners
Colorado Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
Colorado Health Foundation
Center for Public Health Practice, CSPH, UCD
Reach
55 CBOs across five AHEC Colorado regions since July 2008
All state counties were reached
216,678 underserved individuals
Tools:Health disparities profiles: major risk factors and diseases
Impact: % total scores before and after Project TEACH Training
AHEC N %
Centennial 9 17
Central-1
Central-2 8 15 SE 5
Western 11 21
SLV
Purpose
The purpose of Project TEACH is to assist community based organizations (CBOs) to develop data driven, evidence-based projects addressing the health needs of their communities.  
TEACH provides CBOs with the skills, tools, and data to effectively address health inequities
Impact: Self-reported skills before and after Project TEACH
Tools: Project Website
Training: 3- Month Collaboration
Session
Content
Assessment
(1 - 2 hrs)
Learn about the CBO’s needs/goals
Assess skills on health data, evidence –based interventions, project evaluation, community engagement
Demonstrate resources
2-Day Workshop
Tailored to the needs of the participants
Workshop:
Logic Model Development
Health Data
Social Determinants of Health
Evidence-based Interventions
Community Engagement
Project Evaluation
Consulting sessions
Consulting sessions with assigned faculty
Moving Forward
Creation of new modules:
“Healthcare access in the reformed system” to prepare CBOs to identify, receive, and navigate newly eligible patients
“Building strong, sustainable organizations”
“Funding for your topics and your region”
Creation of new tool: Colorado Centralized Catalog of Public Health Evidence-based Interventions
Conclusion
Project TEACH is a highly reproducible two-way translational science model:
communities hear about evidence-based interventions first hand from the researchers
researchers learn from communities about their needs and the challenges of implementing research-tested interventions
In project TEACH, researchers learn about their target communities by serving them.
Contact:
Impact: Scores before and after Project TEACH Training
Tools: Health Disparities Profiles: Data by County and Race/Ethnicity
Module
Score Range
Before
After
Paired T-Test P-value
Mean
SEM
Health statistics
0 - 33
13.1
0.99
19.9
0.8
<0.0001
Evidence-based interventions
0 - 15
4.8
0.47
8.6
0.4
Community engagement
0 - 20
10.1
0.58
11.9
0.7
0.0017
Program evaluation
0 - 21
5.9
0.6
11.0
TEACH Participants