Applying Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Principles to Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Betty Bekemeier (Creator)

Anna G. Hoover (Creator)

Lisa VanRaemdonck (Creator)

Nancy L. Winterbauer (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: "With real-world relevance and translatability as important goals, applied methodological approaches have arisen along the participatory continuum that value context and empower stakeholders to partner actively with academics throughout the research process. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) provides the gold standard for equitable, partnered research in traditional communities. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) also have developed, coalescing communities of practice and of academics to identify, study, and answer practice-relevant questions. To optimize PBRN potential for expanding scientific knowledge, while bridging divides across knowledge production, dissemination, and implementation, we elucidate how PBRN partnerships can be strengthened by applying CBPR principles to build and maintain research collaboratives that empower practice partners. Examining the applicability of CBPR partnership principles to public health (PH) PBRNs, we conclude that PH-PBRNs can serve as authentic, sustainable CBPR partnerships, ensuring the co-production of new knowledge, while also improving and expanding the implementation and impact of research findings in real-world settings."

Additional Information

Publication

Other

Language: English

Date: 2016

Keywords

Communities of practice, Academic-practice partnerships, Community-based participatory research (CBPR), Knowledge co-production, Practice-based research networks (PBRN)

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