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Click here for CCPH's webpage on community-based participatory research (CBPR), including definitions, tools and resources, and CBPR course syllabi

Access to Research initiative enables accredited universities, medical schools, research centers, and other public institutions in the developing countries to gain access to the wealth of scientific information contained in more than 1,000 biomedical journals published by the participating publishers.

Bending The Ivory Tower: Communities, Health Departments And Academia - a March 2003 policy brief prepared by the Partnership for the Public's Health, highlights the rationale and strategies for community-campus partnerships in public health.

Building a Truly Engaged Community Through Participatory Research - is an article by
William Tindall et. al. at Wright State University School of Medicine that defines and describes participatory research and includes web-linked resources.

CBPR Listserv - launched by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Wellesley Central Health Corporation in June 2004 to serve the growing network of people involved and interested in CBPR.

CDC Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) - are a network of 28 academic centers, public health agencies, and community partners conducting applied research and practice in chronic disease prevention and control. Click here to view a nine minute video, Community Connections, introducing the PRCs and their philosophy of involving communities as partners in research.

CDC Urban Research Centers (URCs) were established in 1995 to identify what works to promote the health and improve the quality of life of inner-city disadvantaged populations. Each URC includes a coalition of representatives from community organizations, academic centers, health departments, and other private organizations.

Collaborative Initiative for Research Ethics in Environmental Health - provides course development, training, educational resources and case study development on improving research ethics in environmental health.

Community Based Collaboratives Research Consortium - seeks to understand and assess collaborative efforts involving natural resource issues and community development. The consortium provides a venue for researchers, community groups, government agencies, funders and individuals to share their research, find out about new developments and studies concerning community based collaborative groups and work in partnership with others on research projects.

Community-Based Participatory Research Bibliography

Community Health Scholars Program - Offers information on this post-doctoral fellowship program in community-based participatory research in public health. The program is offered at three Schools of Public Health: The University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University.

Community Research Project - This project brings together colleges and universities to develop campus-based, local and regional community research centers.

Directory of Funding Sources for Community-Based Participatory Research - published by CCPH and the Northwest Health Foundation in June 2004, this directory includes funding agency descriptions, deadlines, contact information, examples of previously funded CBPR projects, and an annotated listing of funding resource websites. We welcome your comments and suggestions for an improved future edition of the directory! Please complete and return this reader feedback form.

Enhancing Public Input and Transparency in the National Institutes of Health Research Priority-Setting Process - an April 2004 report from the NIH Council of Public Representative.

Federal Interagency Working Group on CBPR - works to strengthen communication among federal agencies with an interest in supporting community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodologies in the conduct of biomedical research, education, health care delivery, or policy.

Guidelines and Categories for Classifying Participatory Research Projects in Health Promotion - intended for use by grant application reviewers to appraise whether proposals for funding as participatory research meet participatory research criteria.
These guidelines can also be used as a checklist by academic and community researchers in planning their projects.

HSRR - is a searchable database containing information about research datasets and instruments/indices employed in Health Services Research, and the Behavioral and Social Sciences with links to PubMed and additional resources.

INTERACTS - Improving Interaction between NGO's, Science Shops and Universities: Experiences and Expectations and ISSNET - Improving Science Shop Networking - These are international organizations of science shops. Science shops are organizations created as mediators between citizen groups and research institutions.

The Just Connections Toolbox - contains essays on the nature and uses of community-based research, stories about how partners have conducted CBR in the past, reflections from community members and college faculty who have participated in CBR projects, and tools for others interested in doing CBR in their classrooms and/or communities. The tools in the Toolbox include sample grant proposals, workshop outlines, consent form templates, sample community service applications, sample information letters, reading lists, course syllabi and more.

LINK is a nonprofit organization that allows community-based organizations to post research projects and enables researchers to find meaningful research topics.

Living Knowledge Database is a free, web-based database of organizations involved in community-based research.

Loka Institute - dedicated to making science and technology more responsive to social and environmental concerns. The website offers news, articles, publications, and project information dealing with issues concerning science and technology.

Measures for Community Research - is a collection of measures used to evaluate outcomes viewed as important by Comprehensive Community Initiatives, public policy makers, program funders and experts in relevant research fields. This collection of measures covers eight substantive areas: Community Building, Economic Development, Employment, Education, Housing and Neighborhood Conditions, Neighborhood Safety, Social Services, and Youth Development.

National Community-Based Research Network is an association of university- and community-based individuals committed to the principles and practice of community-based research.

North American Primary Care Research Group - formed in 1972 as a multidisciplinary organization with a mission to develop and disseminate new knowledge regarding primary medical care.

Nursing Partnership Centers on Health Disparities - are funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research to foster the development of nursing partnerships between researchers, faculty, and students at Minority Serving Institutions and institutions with established health disparity research programs. They seeks to 1) expand the cadre of nurse researchers involved in minority health or health disparities research; 2) increase the number of research projects aimed at eliminating health disparities, and 3) enhance the career development of potential minority nurse investigators.

Office for Human Research Protections - together with the Food and Drug Administration, the Office oversees programs for the protection of human subjects at more than 4,000 HHS-funded universities, hospitals and other medical and behavioral research institutions and private research sites in the United States and abroad.

Pfizer Faculty Scholar Award in Public Health - is a nationally competitive career development award intended to support junior faculty in schools and programs in public health who are interested in pursuing community-based, public health practice research.

The Role of Community-Based Participatory Research: Creating Partnerships, Improving Health - is intended to provide leaders of community-faith-based organizations with an overview of the issues involved in community-based participatory research. For more information, click here

Society for Community Research and Action - is affiliated with the American Psychological Association as is devoted to the many different disciplines that focus on community research and action.

Sociological Initiatives Foundation - provides grants to support community-based research and social action projects.

University + Community Research Partnerships: A New Approach - is a report from The Pew Partnership for Civic Change that summarizes the findings from a 19-site participatory research initiative that partnered community-based organizations with academics from area colleges and universities. It also highlights the conversation and general themes that arose during a roundtable discussion with representatives from higher education, the philanthropic sector, and the nonprofit community. CCPH was among the organizations represented at the roundtable.

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