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Welcome to the

NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)

Collaborating With Communities to Improve Health

The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) is a research network designed to work with communities and community-based organizations to identify promising engagement and outreach practices that communicate trustworthy, science-based information to communities experiencing differences in health outcomes.

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