BACKGROUND Nationally, immunization coverage for the DTaP/3HPV/1MMR/3HepB/3Hib/1VZV antigen series in children ages 19-35 months are near or above the Healthy People 2020 target (80%). However, children in lower socioeconomic families experience lower coverage rates. OBJECTIVE Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, Community Health Improvement for Milwaukee Children (...

Despite the abundance of research on experiences researchers with community-based participatory (CBPR), there has been comparatively little published CAB members’ experiences. The goal this was to analyze lived a small sample members in recent health-focused CBPR Canada, particular focus areas for improvement. We found that experienced low perceived value from due communication patterns, educat...

BACKGROUND Immigrants and refugees are affected by diabetes-related health disparities, with higher rates of incident diabetes and sub-optimal diabetes outcomes. Digital storytelling interventions for chronic diseases, such as diabetes may be especially powerful among immigrants because often limited English proficiency minimizes access to and affects the applicability of the existing health ed...

BACKGROUND Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches that involve community and academic partners in activities ranging from protocol design through dissemination of study findings can increase recruitment of medically underserved and underrepresented racial/ethnic minority populations into biomedical research. METHODS Five cancer screening and prevention trials in three Nation...

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has received considerable attention during past decades as a method to increase community ownership in research and prevention. We discuss its application to epidemiological research using the case of second-generation surveillance conducted among sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrants in Antwerp city. To inform evidence-based prevention planning for th...

Within the last decade, community-based participatory research (CBPR) has gained momentum with the recognition that community engagement is necessary for community interventions to effectively address seemingly intractable social problems and health disparities. Philanthropic foundations, in response to increasing community demands, have led the way in supporting health disparities research tha...

Community engagement is a hallmark of Canadian health and social science research, yet we lack detailed descriptions pragmatic peer possibilities. People personally affected by study’s topic can actively contribute to design, data collection, intervention delivery, analysis, dissemination the nature scope involvement vary based on context. The shift from academic community-based research teams,...

Solutions to complex health and environmental issues experienced by First Nations communities in Canada require the adoption of collaborative modes of research. The traditional "helicopter" approach to research applied in communities has led to disenchantment on the part of First Nations people and has impeded their willingness to participate in research. University researchers have tended to d...

Reflecting on pedagogy and curricula that have shaped the field of community psychology, we review history training psychologists since field’s inception in United States. We then examine relevant academic literature documenting how digital technologies 21st century been successfully used community-based participatory research (CBPR) studies conducted by to promote engaged scholarship, core val...

BACKGROUND Environmental health research involving community participation has increased substantially since the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) environmental justice and community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships began in the mid-1990s. The goals of these partnerships are to inform and empower better decisions about exposures, foster trust, and gener...