One of the goals of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CERC) is to build academic and community capacity to conduct patient and community engaged research. In order to promote this goal, a collaborative partnership between CERC academic partners, including the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) and the Meharry Clinical and Translational Research Center (MeTRC), and a community partner, the Neighborhoods Resource Center (NRC) was formed. VICTR and MeTRC were developed with Clinical and Translational Science awards to Vanderbilt University Medical Center from NCATS and to Meharry from NIMHD, respectively. NRC is a community-based non-profit organization that works with residents and neighborhood associations to build stronger neighborhoods, particularly in low-income and marginalized communities. For this study, the NRC was engaged in all phases of this research, from conceptualization to dissemination. Members of the academic-community partnership engaged in several meetings prior to study implementation to plan study logistics. All study procedures were reviewed and approved by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Institutional Review Board.