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Community-Based Participatory Research-Speed Dating: An Innovative Model for Fostering Collaborations Between Community Leaders and Academic Researchers.
Health Promot Pract. 2016 11; 17(6):775-780.HP

Abstract

Developing meaningful community-based participatory relationships between researchers and the community can be challenging. The overall success of a community-based participatory relationship should be predicated on commitment and respect from empowered stakeholders. Prior to developing the technique discussed in this article, we hypothesized that the process of fostering relationships between researchers and the community was much like a social relationship: It has to develop organically and cannot be forced. To address this challenge, we developed a community-based participatory research-speed dating technique to foster relationships based on common interests, which we call CBPR-SD. This article describes the logistics of implementing CBPR-SD to foster scholarly collaborations. As part of a federally funded community-based research project, the speed dating technique was implemented for 10 researchers and 11 community leaders with a goal of developing scholarly collaborative groups who will submit applications for community-based research grants. In the end, four collaborative groups developed through CBPR-SD, three (75%) successfully submitted grant applications to fund pilot studies addressing obesity-related disparities in rural communities. Our preliminary findings suggest that CBPR-SD is a successful tool for promoting productive scholarly relationships between researchers and community leaders.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Tucker MT
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA mtucker@ua.edu.
Lewis DW
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Payne Foster P
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Lucky F
Black Belt Community Foundation, Selma, AL, USA.
Yerby LG
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Hites L
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Higginbotham JC
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

MeSH

Community-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity-Institutional RelationsCooperative BehaviorHealth Status DisparitiesHumansInterprofessional RelationsObesityPilot ProjectsResearch PersonnelRural PopulationUniversities

Pub Type(s)

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

Language

eng

PubMed ID

27738282

Citation

Tucker, Melanie T., et al. "Community-Based Participatory Research-Speed Dating: an Innovative Model for Fostering Collaborations Between Community Leaders and Academic Researchers." Health Promotion Practice, vol. 17, no. 6, 2016, pp. 775-780.
Tucker MT, Lewis DW, Payne Foster P, et al. Community-Based Participatory Research-Speed Dating: An Innovative Model for Fostering Collaborations Between Community Leaders and Academic Researchers. Health Promot Pract. 2016;17(6):775-780.
Tucker, M. T., Lewis, D. W., Payne Foster, P., Lucky, F., Yerby, L. G., Hites, L., & Higginbotham, J. C. (2016). Community-Based Participatory Research-Speed Dating: An Innovative Model for Fostering Collaborations Between Community Leaders and Academic Researchers. Health Promotion Practice, 17(6), 775-780.
Tucker MT, et al. Community-Based Participatory Research-Speed Dating: an Innovative Model for Fostering Collaborations Between Community Leaders and Academic Researchers. Health Promot Pract. 2016;17(6):775-780. PubMed PMID: 27738282.
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