Capacity Building

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Organizational development including enhancement of management structures, processes and procedures, within organizations and among different organizations and sectors to meet present and future needs.

Descriptor ID	D057191
MeSH Number(s)	N02.138 N04.452.105
Concept/Terms	Capacity Building Capacity Building Building, Capacity

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Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Capacity Building [N02.138]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Capacity Building [N04.452.105]

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Bar chart showing 57 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2015 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	3	1	4
2013	1	3	4
2014	4	1	5
2015	5	1	6
2016	1	4	5
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	0	2
2020	2	3	5
2021	2	1	3
2022	1	3	4
2023	1	4	5
2024	2	0	2
2025	4	2	6

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Laurila KA, Sanderson K, Lane TS, Stearns D, Tabor DC, Baldwin JA. Building capacity for health research in higher education: Evaluating readiness for research and scholarship. Eval Program Plann. 2025 Dec; 113:102672.

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Sentell T, Roman M, Saiki K, Abrams MA, Jones A, Melendez K, Chevrolet J, Riggle A, Szollosy E, Buchthal OV. Building Community Health Literacy With a Social Network Perspective. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 Jul; 9(3):e78-e82.

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Sugimoto-Matsuda J, Nelson-Hurwitz DC, Chung-Do JJ, Antonio MCK, McFarlane E, Hurwitz E, Braun KL. Assuring the "Public" in "Public Health": Developing Workforce Capacity, Diversity, and Connectedness at the Department of Public Health Sciences. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2025 Jul; 84(7):120-127.

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Roberts KJ, Ogbagiorgis W, Sy A, Williams-Blangero S, Stewart LV, Manusov E, Fernandez SB, Clarke RD, Madden EB. Increasing the genomic workforce through research capacity building: Designing evaluation plans for maximum impact. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 May 01; 112(5):967-974.

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Jim?nez-Ch?vez J, Rosario-Maldonado FJ, V?lez-Maldonado DA, Rodr?guez-Torruella D, Aguirre-Hern?ndez JM, Castro-Figueroa E, Asencio-Toro G, Rivera-Mateo E, Morales-Torres L, Ramos-Lucca A, Motta-Pag?n JL, Wallerstein N, Marz?n-Rodr?guez M. Community Training Institute for Health Disparities: Outcomes of a Formal Opportunity for Community Capacity Building to Increase Health Equity in Southern Puerto Rico. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jan 09; 22(1).

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Godoy-Vitorino F. Solutions to expand microbiome sciences in the Caribbean Region: an insider's perspective. Trends Microbiol. 2025 May; 33(5):475-478.

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Qin J, Scarinci I, Lu E, Senkomago V, Ngoc Nguyen DT, Abonales L, Soin K, Edilyong J, Reichhardt M, Marfel M, Simms K, Canfell K, Maxwell K, Saraiya M, Palafox N. Building Capacity for Cervical Cancer Prevention in U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands: The Pacific Against Cervical Cancer Project. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul; 33(7):839-847.

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Chung-Do JJ, Scott SK, Jones BR, Look MA, Taira DA, Palafox NA, Farrar K, Mau MKLM. "Community 101 for researchers": an online training program to build capacity for ethical community-engaged research with Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1121748.

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Shash E, Soliman GA, Al-Kharusi W, Yahia M, Mwaiselage J, Mesemo D, Mwita C, Gathere S, Masamba L, Rais H, Hussein M, Ngo V, Gelabert PM, Hussein H, Chamberlain RM, Soliman AS. The Value of Networking in Cancer Education and Capacity Building. J Cancer Educ. 2023 12; 38(6):1783-1785.

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Hill SK, Bempong-Ahun N, Okolo ID, Lalla AT, Worku D, Asres T, Philpotts L, Fallah PN, Varallo J, Corlew S, Kamfwa P, Parham GP, Hicks ML, Ibbotson G, Randall T. Improving access to safe, quality surgical care for gynecologic cancers through capacity-building interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 May; 165(2):552-561.

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