Key Terms
Consists of representatives of the general public or key stakeholders who meet with representatives of the study.
Community Advisory Board
Research paradigm that may improve public health and enhance potential solutions for reducing and eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities at a community level.
CBPR
Identifying and recruiting community partners.
Engaging Stakeholders
Communities have a role in recognizing the specific health challenges they face.
Identifying the Problem
Through research activities with local realities ensuring that interventions are appropriate and effective for the target population
Better Alignment
The spirit of time.
Equal decision-making authority between researchers and community members, ensuring community input guides the research process.
Shared Power
Equal, respectful partnership between researchers and community members, with shared responsibility in the research process.
Collaboration
Collaborative efforts lead to the creation of tailored interventions aimed at these challenges.
Retention of study participants by fostering community trust and ownership of the research.
Boost Recruitment
A partnership that yields benefits for the community partner.
Ethical Engagement
Recognizes community as a unit of identity.
Principle 1
Develop training programs for researchers and community members on CBPR principles and best practices.
Communities actively participate in executing the solutions designed for their context.
Implementing Interventions
Research findings, integrating community perspectives that enhance the context of results.
Richer Interpretations
Community exertion of control.
Community Empowerment.
Promotes co-learning and en empowering process that attends to social inequalities.
Principle 5
Collaboratively assess community health needs and concerns to guide the research agenda.
Conduct Needs Assessment
Communities are involved in assessing the effectiveness of the implemented solutions.
Evaluating Outcomes
Findings will be acted upon, as the community is more invested in relevant research outcomes.
Increased Likelihood
Persistence or durability of research, programs, outcomes, or evaluation monitoring plans that are implemented.
Sustainability
Involves a long-term commitment by all partners. Partnership continues even in an absence of funding (or other factors).
Principle 9
Employ both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to capture a comprehensive view of community health issues and preferences.
Mixed-Methods Approach
CBPR can effectively inform and influence public health policies by highlighting communities' unique health challenges and needs.
Policy Impact
The overarching goal of these educational initiatives is to build capacity among all stakeholders, empowering them to effectively engage in and sustain community-based participatory research.
Building Capacity