Free Webconference: Community-Based Participatory Research

Posted by on November 12, 2004

Register now for this upcoming free webconference cosponsored by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. Registration is limited to 75 incoming phone lines and computer stations. You might gather a group of interested colleagues in an office or auditorium to maximize participation.

Topic: Community-Based Participatory Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Its Implications

Date: December 2, 2004 Time: 3-5 pm Eastern Standard Time

To Register: go to http://nwcphp.ilinc.com/events & select the “CBPR Review” session

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that combines methods of inquiry with community capacity-building strategies to bridge the gap between knowledge produced through research and what is practiced in communities to improve health. Although many researchers and practitioners offer definitions and principles for this approach, no clear consensus has emerged to move the field forward.

The Agency of Health CareResearch and Quality recently commissioned the Research Triangle Institute (RTI)- University of North Carolina (UNC) Evidence-Based Practice Center to conduct a systematic review of the literature on CBPR approaches to improved health. This review was designed to establish the nature of the current literature and to assist academics, community participants and funders by identifying gaps in implementing this approach.

This web conference focuses on two questions covered by the systematic review:

1. How has CBPR been implemented to date with regard to the quality of research methodology and community involvement? And
2. What is the evidence that CBPR efforts have resulted in the intended outcomes?

Learning Objectives:

1. Define Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and describe critical elements of CBPR
2. Summarize the implementation of CBPR with respect to research methods and level of community involvement
3. Summarize the evidence that CBPR efforts have resulted in the intended outcomes
4. Identify strategies for strengthening CBPR

Speakers:

*Eugenia Eng, DrPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
*Meera Viswanathan, PhD, Health, Social and Economics Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
*Lucille Webb, MS, Strengthening the Black Family, Inc, Raleigh, NC

Cosponsors:

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health ?€“ CCPH promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. These partnerships — including service-learning and community-based participatory research — are powerful tools for improving health professional education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities. http://www.ccph.info

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice – The mission of the Northwest Center is to improve the quality and effectiveness of public health practice by linking public health academic and practice communities in the Northwest region (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY,and tribal nations). The Northwest Center is a HRSA-funded Public Health Training Center and a CDC-funded Center for Public Health Preparedness. http://www.nwcphp.org