Applying indigenous community-based participatory research principles to partnership development in health disparities research

Fam Community Health. 2011 Jul-Sep;34(3):246-55. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318219606f.

Abstract

This case study of community and university research partnerships utilizes previously developed principles for conducting research in the context of Native American communities to consider how partners understand and apply the principles in developing community-based participatory research partnerships to reduce health disparities. The 7 partnership projects are coordinated through a National Institutes of Health-funded center and involve a variety of tribal members, including both health care professionals and lay persons and native and nonnative university researchers. This article provides detailed examples of how these principles are applied to the projects and discusses the overarching and interrelated emergent themes of sharing power and building trust.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Community Participation*
  • Community-Based Participatory Research / methods*
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Indians, North American*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Trust
  • United States
  • Universities