Balancing Community and University Aims in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Pacific Islander Youth Study

Autor: Lianne Nacpil, Jan Eichenauer, Sora Park Tanjasiri, Jonathan Tana Lepule, Lenny D Wiersma, Vaka Faletau, Greta Briand
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Tanjasiri, Sora Park; Wiersma, Lenny; Briand, Greta; Faletau, Vaka; Lepule, Jonathan; Nacpil, Lianne; et al.(2011). Balancing community and university aims in community-based participatory research: a Pacific Islander youth study.. Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action, 5(1), 19-25. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2011.0001. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/70r3s6jn
ISSN: 1557-055X
DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2011.0001
Popis: 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 under- standing of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability.
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