Community-Based Participatory Research: A Capacity-Building Approach for Policy Advocacy Aimed at Eliminating Health Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research: A Capacity-Building Approach for Policy Advocacy Aimed at Eliminating Health Disparities
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2010
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Israel, B. A.
Coombe, C. M.
Cheezum, R. R.
Schulz, A. J.
McGranaghan, R. J.
Lichtenstein, R.
Reyes, A. G.
Clement, J.
Burris, A.
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Israel, B. A. and Coombe, C. M. and Cheezum, R. R. and Schulz, A. J. and McGranaghan, R. J. and Lichtenstein, R. and Reyes, A. G. and Clement, J. and Burris, A. (2010) Community-Based Participatory Research: A Capacity-Building Approach for Policy Advocacy Aimed at Eliminating Health Disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 100 (11). pp. 2094-2102.
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There have been increasing calls for community-academic partnerships to enhance the capacity of partners to engage in policy advocacy aimed at eliminating health disparities. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a partnership approach that can facilitate capacity building and policy change through equitable engagement of diverse partners. Toward this end, the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, a long-standing CBPR partnership, has conducted a policy training project. We describe CBPR and its relevance to health disparities; the interface between CBPR, policy advocacy, and health disparities; the rationale for capacity building to foster policy advocacy; and the process and outcomes of our policy advocacy training. We discuss lessons learned and implications for CBPR and policy advocacy to eliminate health disparities.