Community-Based Participatory Research Adds Value to the National Cancer Institute’s Research Portfolio
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is the core research approach used by all 23 Community Network Program Centers (CNPCs), funded from 2010 to 2015 and charged by the National Cancer Institute to reduce cancer health disparities in racial/ethnic minority and medically underserved communities across the United States.Sixteen of these CNPCs were funded under a similar initiative, called the Community Networks Program (CNP), from 2005 to 2010.All of the centers provided data, and 22 collaborated on the writing of the nine papers presented in this special issue.Communities engaged through the CNP and CNPC initiatives often experience limited access to cancer knowledge, screening, and treatment owing to a myriad of factors, including geographic isolation, low socioeconomic status, lack of insurance, immigration status, limited English language skills, low literacy, and discrimination.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] For example, the Miami CNPC works in Haitian and Cuban immigrant communities where less than 45% of women have health insurance, 9 and upwards of 30% of residents of the communities engaged with the Deep South CNPC live in poverty.10 These conditions contribute to stress, which further jeopardizes health through direct and indirect pathways, as illustrated in examples from CNPCs in South Carolina, Washington State, and Hawai'i.11 CBPR-based approaches foster trustworthiness between high-risk communities and academic partners, especially when the population has experienced a history of discrimination and negative interactions with health care providers and researchers.[12][13][14] Most important, CBPR approaches bring to light community strengths and insights that can help to accelerate improvements in health.CBPR, which emerged from social justice and action research traditions, [15][16][17][18][19] entails extensive sustained processes of community engagement.As such it is more likely than
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: RCMI Multidisciplinary And Translational Research Infrastructure EXpansion (RAMAT, Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN), Alameda County Network Program for Reducing Cancer Disparities, Increasing Uptake of Evidence Based Screening Services though a CHW-led multi-modality program: The South Florida Center for Reducing Health Disparities, South Florida Center for Reducing Cancer Disparities, South Carolina Cancer Disparities Community Network -- II, 'Imi Hale Native Hawaiian Cancer Network
OpenAlex ID: W946467257