Establishing a Framework for Sustainable Community Action Research
In: Ethnicity & disease: an international journal on population differences in health and disease patterns, Band 32, Heft 4, S. 333-340
ISSN: 1945-0826
Community-based participatory research/ community-partnered participatory research (CBPR/CPRR) is viewed as a critical approach for improving health and addressing inequities found in under-resourced communities by pairing community partners and academic partners to address health and environmental concerns. This article aims to amplify the potential of the current CBPR/CPPR models through insights learned from the underserved community of Watts in south central Los Angeles. We discuss our framework that shifts the primary academic focus in the community-academia partnership from individual investigators and/or research groups to the academic institution to generate sustainable partnerships. We summarize the Community Action Research Engagement (CARE) Framework as a new set of recommended tenets to expand CBPR/ CPPR. This framework can provide guidance for how universities can catalyze: 1) building trust; 2) facilitating knowledge; 3) advancing solutions; and 4) fostering mentorship in the context of leveraging a university's position to address the root causes of community inequities and thus create more sustained partnerships that achieve greater impact within their surrounding communities.Ethn Dis. 2022;32(4):333-340; doi:10.18865/ed.32.4.333