Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is, at its core, an alliance of equal partners, usually academic and community-based, established to answer any particular research question. The community partners are fully engaged through the entire research project from the inception of the research question to the dissemination of the research findings.
Community Advisory Boards (CABs) have become one research component that investigators have been using to provide community engagement in the research process and to ensure that their research projects are meeting the definition of CPBR. CABS are made up of a number of community members that serve on a board to represent the voice of that community. CABs exhibit shared leadership, insider status with the community, and bridge-building capabilities. When organized around a research endeavor, CABs can help to ensure that research processes and outcomes benefit the community, that community members are part of the analysis and interpretation of data, have input into how research results are disseminated, and facilitate the initation of research projects that address needs identified by the community. CUPH has experience in initiating and maintaining CABs and continues planning for new CAB collaborations. CUPH has made a commitment to engage the community and can do so in all aspects of its research endeavors. This commitment has encompassed many partnerships, from neighborhood-based organizations to city government departments.
Our Shared Experience
Engagement between community and academia, has been essential in generating community action, policies and innovative programs, and has helped disseminate population health research findings in a meaningful way to the Milwaukee community and beyond.
Since 2005, the Center for Urban Population Health (the Center) has been actively promoting the use of CABs as a best practice for community engagement in population health research.
Under the overall leadership of Loren W. Galvao and the operational guidance and management of David Frazer, the Center has led, co-led or collaborated with a wide range of community-based organizations, academic institutions and other partners in thhe design, implementation and evaluation of engaging in community advisory boards.
In 2009, through a grant between the Center and the UWSMPH's Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE), which received a Comprehensive Center of Excellence (P60) Award from the NIH's National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, our engagement strategy expanded to incorporate new partners. NIH P60 Co-Investigators (Galvao & Cisler) in partnership with the NIH P60 Principal Investigator (Adams) and Co-PI (Sorkness), have further supported the Center's efforts in these activities. Cacy Odom-Williams (CCHE & NIG P60 staff) joined the Center's efforts in 2010 to provide coordination and dissemination support to other select engagement activities.
As of April 2012, the Center and a wide range of community and institutional partners have accumulated experience with thirteen CABs or community and academic engaged partnerships as described in the tables below.
Lesson learned are already helping to design other engagement activities, with the ultimate goal to influence community action, programs, policies, and dissemination of population health research findings that may contribute towards health equity in Milwaukee and beyond.
Community Advisory Boards (CABs) have become one research component that investigators have been using to provide community engagement in the research process and to ensure that their research projects are meeting the definition of CPBR. CABS are made up of a number of community members that serve on a board to represent the voice of that community. CABs exhibit shared leadership, insider status with the community, and bridge-building capabilities. When organized around a research endeavor, CABs can help to ensure that research processes and outcomes benefit the community, that community members are part of the analysis and interpretation of data, have input into how research results are disseminated, and facilitate the initation of research projects that address needs identified by the community. CUPH has experience in initiating and maintaining CABs and continues planning for new CAB collaborations. CUPH has made a commitment to engage the community and can do so in all aspects of its research endeavors. This commitment has encompassed many partnerships, from neighborhood-based organizations to city government departments.
Our Shared Experience
Engagement between community and academia, has been essential in generating community action, policies and innovative programs, and has helped disseminate population health research findings in a meaningful way to the Milwaukee community and beyond.
Since 2005, the Center for Urban Population Health (the Center) has been actively promoting the use of CABs as a best practice for community engagement in population health research.
Under the overall leadership of Loren W. Galvao and the operational guidance and management of David Frazer, the Center has led, co-led or collaborated with a wide range of community-based organizations, academic institutions and other partners in thhe design, implementation and evaluation of engaging in community advisory boards.
In 2009, through a grant between the Center and the UWSMPH's Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE), which received a Comprehensive Center of Excellence (P60) Award from the NIH's National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, our engagement strategy expanded to incorporate new partners. NIH P60 Co-Investigators (Galvao & Cisler) in partnership with the NIH P60 Principal Investigator (Adams) and Co-PI (Sorkness), have further supported the Center's efforts in these activities. Cacy Odom-Williams (CCHE & NIG P60 staff) joined the Center's efforts in 2010 to provide coordination and dissemination support to other select engagement activities.
As of April 2012, the Center and a wide range of community and institutional partners have accumulated experience with thirteen CABs or community and academic engaged partnerships as described in the tables below.
Lesson learned are already helping to design other engagement activities, with the ultimate goal to influence community action, programs, policies, and dissemination of population health research findings that may contribute towards health equity in Milwaukee and beyond.
