We have been fortunate to develop several productive relationships with organizations both within and outside the EXPORT Center's service area. Some of these partnerships were established prior to the inception of the EXPORT Center, some afterward, but all of them have been productive and rewarding.
We have forged relationships with several faith-based organizations, community action groups, the Literacy Coalition, important safety net health care providers, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile, Inc., non-profit disease specific organizations like the American Diabetes Association, city governments of Mobile and Pritchard, and many other groups. These partners participate in many of our activities, including health fairs, symposia sponsored by EXPORT and others, research projects, the Community Health Assessment, and health screenings.
Below are tables detailing some of our partnerships along with the ways in which we collaborate.
Local Partners
| Partner | Description | Points of interest |
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| Franklin Primary Health Clinics | Federally qualified health clinic; safety net provider | Works with Community Health Advocate program; will be the site for measures of effectiveness of CHA program; patient base and health delivery site for ongoing and future research projects |
| Mobile County Health Department | Safety net provider and State Health Office functions | As above, also the Director is a key component of program committee for the Regional Health Disparities Symposium |
| Mostellar Health Clinic | Safety net provider in South Mobile County | Serves Asian American population devastated by Hurricane Katrina; key partner in ongoing and planneed research activities |
| Faith-based community | Critical entry point to African American community | Involved in CHA program, many churches have served as locations for baseline assessment and will serve as sentinal locations for measures of effectiveness; involved in ongoing research projects |
| Local schools | Many in the EXPORT service area are over 90% African American; Blount and LeFlore High Schools | Provide students for academic pipeline programs; many program participants will be adolescent CHAs; teachers will be recruited as CHAs, involved in pilot programs studying obesity, asthma, and diabetes |
| Business community | Private and public (e.g. housing authority and other government employees) | Will provide CHAs; some will be sentinel locations for measures of effectiveness; important resource for pilot research projects |
| Community organizations | Senior citizens groups; community action groups | Participate as CHAs; some community centers have been sites for baseline assessments and will serve as sentinel locations for measures of effectiveness |
| County and city governments | Mobile county; the cities of Mobile, Prichard, Bayou LaBatre | Partner in outreach activities in diabetes, cancer, HIV/AIDS, etc. |
| Service and Fraternal/Sorority organizations | 100 Black Men; Alpha Phi Alpha; Alpha Kappa Alpha | Partners in outreach activities; participation in CHA program; participation in baseline assessments |
Non-Local Partners
| Partner | Description | Points of interest |
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| Talladega College | HBCU | Undergraduate program for underrepresented minority students |
| Jackson State University | HBCU with its own EXPORT program | Partner in consortium activities of Southeastern EXPORT on post-disaster disparities; partner in pilot research programs |
| Morehouse School of Medicine | National Center of Primary Care; Regional Coordinating Center for Hurricane Response | partner in pilot research programs and other ongoing initiatives |
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