CPIMP211287
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
The San Diego Advancing Minority Health Literacy Program (SD-AMHLP) will address disparities in COVID-19 health outcomes experienced by racial and ethnic minority residents within urban communities throughout San Diego County. The program will be led by a consortium of stakeholders, including multiple city governments, county health departments, community-based organizations, and resident leaders.
Local government partners who have committed to collaboration and serving on a project steering committee are: City of Chula Vista (applicant), City of El Cajon, City of Escondido, City of Imperial Beach, City of La Mesa, National City, City of Vista, and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.
In San Diego, like in the rest of the United States, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority residents living in low-income neighborhoods. The limited impact of current COVID-19 health literacy initiatives for racial and ethnic minority communities may be attributed, in part, to inadequate and ill-informed health literacy activities and insufficient attention to public policy in perpetuating health inequities.
The San Diego Advancing Minority Health Literacy Program (SD-AMHLP) will address these problems by implementing community-engaged partnerships to inform San Diego COVID-19 health literacy program designs appropriate for community cultures and settings.
In year one of the project, the University of California San Diego Center for Community Health (UCSD-CCH) will partner with the City of Chula Vista and steering committee members to coordinate the completion of a comprehensive disparity impact statement and health literacy plan. Community-based organizations and networks who have also committed to serving on the steering committee include the San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition, Latino Health Coalition, Multi-Cultural Health Foundation, Chicano Federation, and Union of Pan Asian Communities.
UCSD CCH will use an innovative community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to engage steering committee partners and execute project deliverables. Through this approach, community, resident, and government partners will share their expertise, assume responsibilities, and experience co-ownership of interventions and the overall research program. As a result, health disparities will be reduced through the development of sustainable community-based interventions and relevant policy.
In year two, health literacy projects selected will be implemented by community-based organizations, either independently or in collaboration with community health centers, institutions of higher education, and/or other partner community health organizations. Healthy People 2030 objectives, including improved understanding, communication, and informed decision-making, will be reflected in health literacy projects. Project outcomes will: (1) increase availability, accessibility, and use of COVID-19 public health information and services; (2) improve collaboration across stakeholders, including greater community engagement to inform and deliver solutions; and (3) increase the capacity of ethnic community-based organizations and health centers to provide evidence-based health literacy strategies.
San Diego State University School of Public Health (SDSU SOPH) will provide quality improvement and program evaluation support for all program initiatives. The evaluation team will work with the City of Chula Vista and UCSD-CCH to develop evaluation goals and objectives and identify resources needed to conduct the proposed evaluation. An independent evaluation of initiated programs will also be conducted by the SDSU SOPH team. SDSU SOPH is a transborder, minority-serving institution and one of the top public health research universities in California.
Local government partners who have committed to collaboration and serving on a project steering committee are: City of Chula Vista (applicant), City of El Cajon, City of Escondido, City of Imperial Beach, City of La Mesa, National City, City of Vista, and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.
In San Diego, like in the rest of the United States, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority residents living in low-income neighborhoods. The limited impact of current COVID-19 health literacy initiatives for racial and ethnic minority communities may be attributed, in part, to inadequate and ill-informed health literacy activities and insufficient attention to public policy in perpetuating health inequities.
The San Diego Advancing Minority Health Literacy Program (SD-AMHLP) will address these problems by implementing community-engaged partnerships to inform San Diego COVID-19 health literacy program designs appropriate for community cultures and settings.
In year one of the project, the University of California San Diego Center for Community Health (UCSD-CCH) will partner with the City of Chula Vista and steering committee members to coordinate the completion of a comprehensive disparity impact statement and health literacy plan. Community-based organizations and networks who have also committed to serving on the steering committee include the San Diego Refugee Communities Coalition, Latino Health Coalition, Multi-Cultural Health Foundation, Chicano Federation, and Union of Pan Asian Communities.
UCSD CCH will use an innovative community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to engage steering committee partners and execute project deliverables. Through this approach, community, resident, and government partners will share their expertise, assume responsibilities, and experience co-ownership of interventions and the overall research program. As a result, health disparities will be reduced through the development of sustainable community-based interventions and relevant policy.
In year two, health literacy projects selected will be implemented by community-based organizations, either independently or in collaboration with community health centers, institutions of higher education, and/or other partner community health organizations. Healthy People 2030 objectives, including improved understanding, communication, and informed decision-making, will be reflected in health literacy projects. Project outcomes will: (1) increase availability, accessibility, and use of COVID-19 public health information and services; (2) improve collaboration across stakeholders, including greater community engagement to inform and deliver solutions; and (3) increase the capacity of ethnic community-based organizations and health centers to provide evidence-based health literacy strategies.
San Diego State University School of Public Health (SDSU SOPH) will provide quality improvement and program evaluation support for all program initiatives. The evaluation team will work with the City of Chula Vista and UCSD-CCH to develop evaluation goals and objectives and identify resources needed to conduct the proposed evaluation. An independent evaluation of initiated programs will also be conducted by the SDSU SOPH team. SDSU SOPH is a transborder, minority-serving institution and one of the top public health research universities in California.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Chula Vista,
California
United States
Geographic Scope
City-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 06/30/23 to 08/31/23 and the total obligations have decreased 2% from $4,000,000 to $3,938,732.
City Of Chula Vista was awarded
San Diego Minority Health Literacy Program (SD-AMHLP)
Project Grant CPIMP211287
worth $3,938,732
from the Office of Minority Health in July 2021 with work to be completed primarily in Chula Vista California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years 1 months and
was awarded through assistance program 93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 3/20/24
Period of Performance
7/1/21
Start Date
8/31/23
End Date
Funding Split
$3.9M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$3.9M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to CPIMP211287
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
CPIMP211287
SAI Number
CPIMP211287-3006294278
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
City Or Township Government
Awarding Office
750SHA OASH OFFICE OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
75ACC0 OASH OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH
Awardee UEI
KVBYLRZMAGJ9
Awardee CAGE
37YA4
Performance District
CA-52
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 3/20/24