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OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT: A MODEL FOR RECIPROCAL EMPOWERMENT. Dinah Ramirez, RN Barbara Akpan, RN, MS Margaret Davis, RN, MSN, FNP George Smith, MPH. TRADITIONAL RESEARCH. Limited partnerships Limited sharing of resources. EXAMPLES OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH RESOURCES.
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OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT: A MODEL FOR RECIPROCAL EMPOWERMENT Dinah Ramirez, RN Barbara Akpan, RN, MS Margaret Davis, RN, MSN, FNP George Smith, MPH
TRADITIONAL RESEARCH Limited partnerships Limited sharing of resources
EXAMPLES OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH RESOURCES • Research expertise • Language • Familiarity with academic environment • Data collection & analysis • Grant writing
EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH RESOURCES • Language • Service provider • Network of community-based organizations • Familiarity with physical environment
BENEFITS TO UIC CPHHD • Better research intervention tools • Trained facilitators • Mammography facility analysis tool • Proposal for a navigation system • Identified other study areas • Information
BENEFITS TO COMMUNITY • Focus groups • Town hall meetings • Walkathons • Conferences & support groups • Translatable skills • Capacity building • Information
Researchers become fully engaged with the community and the community fully engaged in research.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Other CPHHD Community Advisory Committee Members contributing to this work include P. Bowman, PhD, C. Ferrans, PhD, A. Giachello, PhD, V.Martinez, JD, R. B. Warnecke, PhD, and M. Willis, MS, RN.