This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project utilized a mixed-methods survey design to identify urban (Tulsa, OK) American Indian (AI) strengths and needs. Six hundred fifty AIs (550 adults and 100 youth) were surveyed regarding their attitudes and beliefs about their community. These results were used in conjunction with other community research efforts to inform program developm...

A key challenge in evaluating comprehensive community health initiatives is documenting the unfolding of the intervention, that is, the multiple changes in the environment that can leadto widespread behavior change and improvement in population-level outcomes. Using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), partners can documentchanges in the community and system (for example...


 Research participation is an important component of advancing whole health and eliminating disparities, especially in communities facing environmental justice (EJ) issues. Though federally mandated, recruitment racial ethnic minorities can be a daunting task children even greater challenge. A range typical strategies (printed materials, word mouth, broadcast etc.) for those ethnically cu...

BACKGROUND Formerly incarcerated adults are impoverished, have high rates of substance use disorders, and have long histories of imprisonment. This article describes the development of a peer mentoring program for formerly incarcerated adults and the pilot study designed to evaluate it. The research team, which included formerly incarcerated adults and academic researchers, developed the peer m...

Empowering communities to respond humanitarian crises is one of the core principles United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In response large numbers refugees resettling in Canada from Syria as they fled its civil war, a community-based research partnership was initiated examine psychosocial needs and adaptation processes Syrian individuals families. this article, we introduce Community Le...