Balancing community and university aims in community-based participatory research: a Pacific Islander youth study.
Prog Community Health Partnersh
; 5(1): 19-25, 2011.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21441665
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) holds the promise of improving the planning, conduct, and long-term translation of research findings into community settings.OBJECTIVES:
This 2-year, exploratory study applied CBPR structures and processes to the identification of individual, cultural and community factors associated with obesity among Pacific Islander (PI) youth in Southern California.METHODS:
We describe the CBPR principles and strategies used by a community-university partnership to develop, implement, and report on the findings from assessments of obesity, physical activity, and nutritional intake among PI youth.RESULTS:
Although CBPR planning processes led to successes in community-based youth recruitment and retention, we learned key lessons regarding implementation of tailored assessment protocols, often involving problems arising from the university side of the CBPR collaborative.CONCLUSION:
CBPR has its strengths and limits; more studies are needed that report on processes to increase our understanding of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Universities
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Community-Institutional Relations
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Motor Activity
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Obesity
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Prog Community Health Partnersh
Journal subject:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States