Donna L. Higgins

TL;DR: Addressing housing issues offers public health practitioners an opportunity to address an important social determinant of health, as well as create healthier homes by confronting substandard housing.

TL;DR: It is found that substantial risk reduction among heterosexual couples with one infected partner and among other heterosexuals at increased risk were scanty and mixed, and further studies should specifically address the behavioral consequences of counseling and testing in various settings.

TL;DR: The intervention led to significant communitywide progress toward consistent HIV risk reduction and at the individual level, respondents recently exposed to the intervention were more likely to carry condoms and to have higher stage-of-change scores for condom and bleach use.

TL;DR: The URC experiences suggest that CBPR can be successfully implemented in diverse settings, and activities critical in partnership development include sharing decision-making, defining principles of collaboration, establishing research priorities, and securing funding.

TL;DR: This issue of the Journal of Urban Health contains descriptions of the implementation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) activities at three Urban Research Centers (URCs) funded through an initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.