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Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in CBPR approaches.
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2013 Fall; 7(3):263-70.PC

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) strives for equitable collaboration among community and academic partners throughout the research process. To build the capacity of academia to function as effective research partners with communities, the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS), home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)'s Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA), developed a community engagement consulting model. This new model harnesses the expertise of community partners with CBPR experience and compensates them equitably to provide technical assistance to community-academic research partnerships.

OBJECTIVES

This paper describes approaches to valuing community expertise, the importance of equitable compensation for community partners, the impact on the community partners, opportunities for institutional change, and the constraints faced in model implementation.

METHODS

Community Experts (CEs) are independent contractor consultants. CEs were interviewed to evaluate their satisfaction with their engagement and compensation for their work.

LESSONS LEARNED

(1) CEs have knowledge, power, and credibility to push for systems change. (2) Changes were needed within the university to facilitate successful consultation to community-academic partnerships. (3) Sustaining the CE role requires staff support, continued compensation, increased opportunities for engagement, and careful consideration of position demands. (4) The role provides benefits beyond financial compensation. (5) Opportunities to gather deepened relationships within the partnership and built collective knowledge that strengthened the project.

CONCLUSIONS

Leveraging CE expertise and compensating them for their role benefits both university and community. Creating a place for community expertise within academia is an important step toward equitably including the community in research.

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Authors

Black KZ
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Hardy CY
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De Marco M
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Ammerman AS
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Corbie-Smith G
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Council B
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Ellis D
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Eng E
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Harris B
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Jackson M
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Jean-Baptiste J
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Kearney W
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Legerton M
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Parker D
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Wynn M
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Lightfoot A
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MeSH

Capacity BuildingCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity-Institutional RelationsCompensation and RedressConsultantsContract ServicesHumansNorth CarolinaRole

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

24056508

Clinical Trial Links

North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2

Citation

Black, Kristin Z., et al. "Beyond Incentives for Involvement to Compensation for Consultants: Increasing Equity in CBPR Approaches." Progress in Community Health Partnerships : Research, Education, and Action, vol. 7, no. 3, 2013, pp. 263-70.
Black KZ, Hardy CY, De Marco M, et al. Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in CBPR approaches. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2013;7(3):263-70.
Black, K. Z., Hardy, C. Y., De Marco, M., Ammerman, A. S., Corbie-Smith, G., Council, B., Ellis, D., Eng, E., Harris, B., Jackson, M., Jean-Baptiste, J., Kearney, W., Legerton, M., Parker, D., Wynn, M., & Lightfoot, A. (2013). Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in CBPR approaches. Progress in Community Health Partnerships : Research, Education, and Action, 7(3), 263-70. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2013.0040
Black KZ, et al. Beyond Incentives for Involvement to Compensation for Consultants: Increasing Equity in CBPR Approaches. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2013;7(3):263-70. PubMed PMID: 24056508.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in CBPR approaches. AU - Black,Kristin Z, AU - Hardy,Christina Yongue, AU - De Marco,Molly, AU - Ammerman,Alice S, AU - Corbie-Smith,Giselle, AU - Council,Barbara, AU - Ellis,Danny, AU - Eng,Eugenia, AU - Harris,Barbara, AU - Jackson,Melvin, AU - Jean-Baptiste,Jimmy, AU - Kearney,William, AU - Legerton,Mac, AU - Parker,Donald, AU - Wynn,Mysha, AU - Lightfoot,Alexandra, PY - 2013/9/24/entrez PY - 2013/9/24/pubmed PY - 2014/1/29/medline SP - 263 EP - 70 JF - Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action JO - Prog Community Health Partnersh VL - 7 IS - 3 N2 - BACKGROUND: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) strives for equitable collaboration among community and academic partners throughout the research process. To build the capacity of academia to function as effective research partners with communities, the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS), home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)'s Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA), developed a community engagement consulting model. This new model harnesses the expertise of community partners with CBPR experience and compensates them equitably to provide technical assistance to community-academic research partnerships. OBJECTIVES: This paper describes approaches to valuing community expertise, the importance of equitable compensation for community partners, the impact on the community partners, opportunities for institutional change, and the constraints faced in model implementation. METHODS: Community Experts (CEs) are independent contractor consultants. CEs were interviewed to evaluate their satisfaction with their engagement and compensation for their work. LESSONS LEARNED: (1) CEs have knowledge, power, and credibility to push for systems change. (2) Changes were needed within the university to facilitate successful consultation to community-academic partnerships. (3) Sustaining the CE role requires staff support, continued compensation, increased opportunities for engagement, and careful consideration of position demands. (4) The role provides benefits beyond financial compensation. (5) Opportunities to gather deepened relationships within the partnership and built collective knowledge that strengthened the project. CONCLUSIONS: Leveraging CE expertise and compensating them for their role benefits both university and community. Creating a place for community expertise within academia is an important step toward equitably including the community in research. SN - 1557-0541 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/24056508/Beyond_incentives_for_involvement_to_compensation_for_consultants:_increasing_equity_in_CBPR_approaches_ L2 - http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/resolve_openurl.cgi?issn=1557-0541&volume=7&issue=3&spage=263&aulast=Black DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -