BACKGROUND: Community health centers (CHC) often partner with academics to conduct community-based participatory research (CBPR). Because of their research expertise, academic partners are usually the principal investigators (PIs); however, moving the home base of research to the community can prove beneficial to the CHC and its community. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper was to discuss the lessons learned after conducting a CBPR project and to share identified solutions. METHODS: A longitudinal perinatal risk reduction intervention study was conducted with primiparous Native Hawaiian women receiving prenatal care at a CHC. The intervention incorporated home visiting, social support, and lactation management. RESULTS: Primary lessons learned from this participatory process can be grouped into infrastructure, human resources, and recruitment. CONCLUSIONS: Sharing lessons learned can serve to expand a CHC's involvement in research, and provide a venue for discovering innovative and viable community and practice based approaches to solving health disparity challenges.
BACKGROUND: Community health centers (CHC) often partner with academics to conduct community-based participatory research (CBPR). Because of their research expertise, academic partners are usually the principal investigators (PIs); however, moving the home base of research to the community can prove beneficial to the CHC and its community. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper was to discuss the lessons learned after conducting a CBPR project and to share identified solutions. METHODS: A longitudinal perinatal risk reduction intervention study was conducted with primiparous Native Hawaiian women receiving prenatal care at a CHC. The intervention incorporated home visiting, social support, and lactation management. RESULTS: Primary lessons learned from this participatory process can be grouped into infrastructure, human resources, and recruitment. CONCLUSIONS: Sharing lessons learned can serve to expand a CHC's involvement in research, and provide a venue for discovering innovative and viable community and practice based approaches to solving health disparity challenges.
Authors: Paige Gehrke; Alexandra Binnie; Stephanie P T Chan; Deborah J Cook; Karen E A Burns; Oleksa G Rewa; Margaret Herridge; Jennifer L Y Tsang Journal: CMAJ Date: 2019-09-03 Impact factor: 8.262
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