Better Tools for Multi-site Research

From the Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research Group. The curriculum is intended as a tool for use by community-academic partnerships that are using or planning to use a Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are just forming as well as existing partnerships. It is intended for use by health professions faculty and researchers, students and post-doctoral fellows, staff of community-based organizations, and staff of public health agencies at all skill levels.   

The Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research Group. Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum. 2006.   http://www.cbprcurriculum.info/

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Available through CTN Best Practices, this brochure from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) offers helpful suggestions for keeping clinic staff involved in research engaged over time, as well as ideas for helping bolster recruitment.  Click here to download.

From Clinical Trials Networks Best Practices (CTNBP) of Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).  https://www.ctnbestpractices.org/sites/enrollment

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This article presents the design and conceptual foundations for a year-long community based participatory research (CBPR) education and training program in which community based organization (CBO) teams learn research design, discuss CBPR principles, design and implement a community health-related research project tailored to their program and community, conduct analysis, and initiate integration of the results into the organization and community.

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May M and Law J. CBPR as Community Health Intervention: Instititutionalizing CBRP Within Community Based Organizations. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education and Action. Summer 2008; vol 2.2.   http://muse.jhu.edu

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