Kudos to Anne Derouin and her entire team for the submission of her Duke CTSI Population Health Improvement Co-Development application entitled “Achieving Health Hand in Hand (AHHH): Promoting Community Resilience Across Sectors in Durham, NC” with the Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) as a community partner. This proposal requests funding for a one-year period with a start date of June 1, 2018.

This study will inform a community-level solution to address adverse childhood experiences and promote resilience in Durham, NC. The ideas for this study were developed through the mental health work-group that grew from the priorities identified during the Outcomes that Matter Project led by the community engagement core of the Duke Clinical and Translational Research Institute. We propose to: 1) Describe perceptions from key stakeholders regarding needs, assets, and preferences for community-level interventions promoting resilience; and 2) Co-design a community-level evidence-based resilience promotion launch-kit innovation. Focus groups and design thinking workshops will be conducted to inform the development of a launch-kit that focuses on resilience promotion strategies in their respective settings. At the end of this study, the team will have an intervention developed, ready for piloting that is community-engaged, assuring cultural and contextual validity based on evidence.

The purpose of this study is to conduct formative research that will result in the development of a community-level resilience promotion launch kit that can be used across multiple sectors in Durham, NC, including faith communities, law enforcement, education, business and community-based organizations, among others. More specifically we aim to: Aim 1: Describe perceptions from youth, parents, community members and key sector stakeholders from Durham, NC regarding needs, assets, and preferences for community-level interventions promoting resilience. Aim 2: Co-design a community-level resilience promotion tool-kit based on current evidence on key ingredients for effective resilience promotion and innovations generated from multiple stakeholders in the Durham, NC community.