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Lachance L, Coombe CM, Brush BL, Lee SYD, Jensen M, Taffe B, Bhardwaj P, Muhammad M, Wilson-Powers E, Rowe Z, Caldwell CH, Israel BA. Understanding the Benefit-Cost Relationship in Long-standing Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnerships: Findings from the Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS) Study. JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 2022; 58:513-536. [PMID: 36016649 PMCID: PMC9398184 DOI: 10.1177/0021886320972193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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As part of the Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS) study, we investigated the relationship between benefits and costs of participation in long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships using social exchange theory as a theoretical framework. Three major findings were identified: (1) the concept of benefits and costs operating as a ratio, where individual benefits must outweigh costs for participation, applies to early stages of CBPR partnership formation; (2) as CBPR partnerships develop, the benefits and costs of participation include each other's needs and the needs of the group as a whole; and (3) there is a shift in the relationship of benefits and costs over time in long-standing CBPR partnerships, in which partners no longer think in terms of costs but rather investments that contribute to mutual benefits.
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- Laurie Lachance
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Nursing, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, 426 North Ingalls Building; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2003, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Management & Policy, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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- Friends of Parkside, 5000 Conner Street; Detroit, MI 48213, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029. USA
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- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, 1415 Washington Heights; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA
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Evaluating Research Centers in Minority Institutions: Framework, Metrics, Best Practices, and Challenges. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17228373. [PMID: 33198272 PMCID: PMC7696594 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The NIH-funded Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program is currently funding 18 academic institutions to strengthen the research environment and contribution to health disparities research. The purpose of this multiphase mixed-methods study was to establish a uniform evaluation framework for demonstrating the collective success of this research consortium. Methods included discussions of aims and logic models at the RCMI Evaluators' Workshop, a literature review to inform an evaluation conceptual framework, and a case study survey to obtain evaluation-related information and metrics. Ten RCMIs participated in the workshop and 14 submitted responses to the survey. The resultant RCMI Evaluation Conceptual Model presents a practical ongoing approach to document RCMIs' impacts on health disparities. Survey results identified 37 common metrics under four primary categories. Evaluation challenges were issues related to limited human resources, data collection, decision-making, defining metrics, cost-sharing, and revenue-generation. There is a need for further collaborative efforts across RCMI sites to engage program leadership and community stakeholders in addressing the identified evaluation challenges and measurement. Program leadership should be engaged to apply the Evaluation Conceptual Framework and common metrics to allow for valid inter-institutional comparisons and consortium-wide evaluations. Stakeholders could ensure evaluation metrics are used to facilitate community impacts.
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Stanley LR, Swaim RC, Kaholokula JK, Kelly KJ, Belcourt A, Allen J. The Imperative for Research to Promote Health Equity in Indigenous Communities. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2020; 21:13-21. [PMID: 29110278 PMCID: PMC5936666 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-017-0850-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Health disparities exact a devastating toll upon Indigenous people in the USA. However, there has been scant research investment to develop strategies to address these inequities in Indigenous health. We present a case for increased health promotion, prevention, and treatment research with Indigenous populations, providing context to the recent NIH investment in the Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (IRINAH) network. We discuss the disproportionate costs and consequences of disparities borne by Indigenous groups, the limited evidence base on effective intervention for this population, how population uniqueness often makes transfer of existing intervention models difficult, and additional challenges in creating interventions for Indigenous settings. Given the history of colonial disruption that has included genocide, forced removal from lands, damaging federal, state and local policies and practices, environmental contamination, and most recently, climate change, we conclude research that moves beyond minor transformations of existing majority population focused interventions, but instead truly respects Indigenous wisdom, knowledge, traditions, and aspirations is needed, and that investment in intervention science to address Indigenous health disparities represent a moral imperative.
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- Linda R Stanley
- Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University, Sage Hall, 1879 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1879, USA.
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- Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University, Sage Hall, 1879 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1879, USA
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- Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA
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- Department of Marketing, Colorado State University, 1278 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- School of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA
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Huenneke LF, Stearns DM, Martinez JD, Laurila K. Key Strategies for Building Research Capacity of University Faculty Members. INNOVATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION 2017; 42:421-435. [PMID: 29225411 PMCID: PMC5722023 DOI: 10.1007/s10755-017-9394-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Universities are under pressure to increase external research funding, and some federal agencies offer programs to expand research capacity in certain kinds of institutions. However, conflicts within faculty roles and other aspects of university operations influence the effectiveness of particular strategies for increasing research activity. We review conventional approaches to increasing research, focusing on outcomes for individual faculty members and use one federally-funded effort to build cancer-related research capacity at a public university as an example to explore the impact of various strategies on research outcomes. We close with hypotheses that should be tested in future formal studies.
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- Laura F Huenneke
- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Box 5694, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Office of the Vice President for Research, Northern Arizona University, Box 4087, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- University of Arizona Cancer Center, 1515 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Box 15200, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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Laurila K, Ingram JC, Briehl MM, Trotter RT. Weaving the Web: Evaluation Strategies to Help Native-American Undergraduate Research Training Programs Navigate Students to Success. CURQ ON THE WEB 2015; 35:4-11. [PMID: 26665169 PMCID: PMC4671630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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