Appendix A: Acronyms
AAHIP
African-American Health Improvement Partnership
ACE
Active Community Engagement
ACQUIRE
Access, Quality and Use in Reproductive Health
AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ALA
American Lung Association
AME
African Methodist Episcopal
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CAB
Community Advisory Board
CAC
Community Advisory Committee
CACHÉ
Community Action for Child Health Equity
CAN DO
Children And Neighbors Defeat Obesity/la Comunidad Ayudando a los Niños a Derrotar la Obesidad
CARE
Community Alliance for Research and Engagement
CBO
Community-based Organization
CBPR
Community-based Participatory Research
CCAT
Community Coalition Action Theory
CCB
Community Coalition Board
CCHN
Community Child Health Network
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEnR
Community-engaged Research
CHC
Community Health Coalition
CHIC
Community Health Improvement Collaborative
CTSA
Clinical and Translational Science Awards
DCCR
Duke Center for Community Research
DCH
Division of Community Health
DEPLOY
Diabetes Education & Prevention with a Lifestyle Intervention Offered at the YMCA
DPBRN
Dental Practice-Based Research Network
DPP
Diabetes Prevention Program
HAAF
Healthy African American Families
HHP
Hispanic Health Project
HOC
Healing of the Canoe
HWA
Houston Wellness Association
IRB
Institutional Review Board
IUSM
Indiana University School of Medicine
JABGC
John Avery Boys and Girls Club
JHCC
Joyland-Highpoint Community Coalition
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
MUSC
Medical University of South Carolina
MWC
Mayor’s Wellness Council
NCCU
North Carolina Central University
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIH
National Institutes of Health
N-O-T
Not on Tobacco
NPU-Y
Neighborhood Planning Unit Y
PA
Physical Activity
PBR
Practice-based Research
PBRN
Practice-based Research Network
PI
Principal Investigator
PRC
Prevention Research Center
RCT
Randomized Controlled Trial
SCC
Suquamish Cultural Cooperative
SNA
Social Network Analysis
SuGAR
Sea Island Genetic African American Registry
UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles