The adaptation and implementation of a community-based participatory research curriculum to build tribal research capacity

V.B.B. Jernigan, T. Jacob and D. Styne

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, S424-S432

Abstract: We studied community-based participatory research in American Indian/ Alaska Native communities. We have presented a case study describing a community-clinic-academic partnership with the goal of building tribal capacity and infrastructure to conduct health disparities research. The 2-year intensive training was guided by the framework of an evidence- and community based participatory research curriculum, adapted and implemented with practice-based data collection activities and seminars to address issues specific to community-based participatory research with sovereign tribal nations. The initiative highlighted important challenges and opportunities in transdisciplinary partnerships; identified gaps in conducting health disparities research at the tribal, clinical, and university levels; and led to important policy change initiatives in all the partner settings.

Keywords: American Indian; capacity building; curriculum; health disparity; human; information processing; Inuit; organization and management; participatory research; United States; vocational education, Capacity Building; Community-Based Participatory Research; Curriculum; Education, Professional; Focus Groups; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Indians, North American; Inuits; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302674

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