OBJECTIVES Advocates of community-based participatory research (CBPR) have emphasized the need for such efforts to be collaborative, and close partnerships with the communities of interest are strongly recommended in developing study designs. However, to date, no systematic, empiric inquiry has been made into whether CBPR principles might influence an individual's decision to participate in res...

Following the goals of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), this paper describes how Native Hawaiian values emerged as a methodology for the conduct of a study with Native Hawaiians residing in Southern California. The equitable placing of community values side by side with scientific values show that community concepts can parallel and extend CBPR premises and are more than a variabl...

Purpose This study aims to reflect on the extent which research approaches need be deconstructed and re-imagined towards developing inclusive knowledge non-extractive from a Global South perspective. Design/methodology/approach Conceptually, integrating methodological logic strategy of community-based participatory (CBPR) postcolonial paradigm decolonising research, this proposes process that e...

BACKGROUND Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that involves the equitable participation of those affected by an issue. As the field of global public health grows, the potential of CBPR to build capacity and to engage communities in identification of problems and development and implementation of solutions in sub-Saharan Africa has yet to be ful...

Hispanic/Latinos (H/L) are being studied for healthcare disparities research utilizing community based participatory research (CBPR). CBPR’s active participation of community members and researchers suggests improvement in community health. Yet there are no known studies that inductively investigated the lived experience of H/L community leaders and members with CBPR using interpretive phenomen...

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been identified as a useful strategy to overcome disparities in minority elders. However, little consensus exists with respect to appropriate CBPR training and mentoring mechanisms. In this paper, we summarize the mentoring activities in each of the six currently funded Resource Centers on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR). In addition to mentorin...

For more than a decade, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has led a program called the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR). One of the four key components of the RCMARs is a Community Liaison Core whose objectives are to conduct research on recruiting community members for scientific studies and to facilitate working relationships with host communities. The articles in this...

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a growing practice by which academics and community partners conduct collaborative health-based research. While CBPR fosters productive partnerships, there increasing on interpersonal group dynamics the ways that intersecting factors, such as gender ethnicity, affect social interactions within CBPR. This paper explores tensions inherent in large ...