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Building Partnerships Between Community Organizations & Academic Researchers:

Building Partnerships Between Community Organizations & Academic Researchers: A Critical Role for Community-Based Research Facilitators in Canada. Terry Howard HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Facilitator for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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Building Partnerships Between Community Organizations & Academic Researchers:

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  1. Building Partnerships Between Community Organizations & Academic Researchers: A Critical Role for Community-Based Research Facilitators in Canada Terry Howard HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Facilitator for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research BC Persons With AIDS Society terryh@bcpwa.org

  2. Background • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) initiative • Community-Based Research Facilitator tool (CBRF) • - Resistance to academic research • - Preserving community process/rights • - Ensuring scientific rigour • - “Brokering” relationships • - Building capacity for Community Orgs • - Educating Academics on CBR principles

  3. CIHR Objectives for CBRF Project Objective 1To develop and enhance community-based research capacity among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community representatives and researchers from both the academic and non-academic settings Objective 2: To facilitate the development of partnerships between community organizations and researchers and the engagement of affected communities in HIV/AIDS community-based research Objective 3: To improve the skills of community organizations in designing community-based research projects

  4. Highlights • Engaging Academics program • Opening the channels of communication • - CAN/US conferences • - CBRF national conference calls • - Community accessible website • - Online database of CBOs and researchers

  5. Highlights Con’t • Academic Researcher Outreach • Curricula inclusion of CBR principles • - On-campus through selected faculty (SW & HS) • - Continuing Education adult learners • - Graduate student practica in CBOs • - Database inclusion for established Academics

  6. Key Challenges • Academic’s challenges • Ignorance of CBR principles • “rape and pillage” reputation • Community challenges • Respecting community process • Sharing results with community • Common ground • Expectations not communicated

  7. Lessons Learned • Scientific rigour while respecting community process • CBRF as relationship broker/ communication hub • Educate both Community and Academics • Facilitate on-going relationships • Increase pool of CBR trained academics

  8. Lessons Learned Con’t • Re-vamp the funding process for CBR • Support for CBRF tool • Move theory into action!

  9. Future Direction • Increase buy-in/ support from University admin. • Sharing of best-practice examples • Increase awareness of CBRF tool !

  10. Q&A Session • Experience you’ve had with engaging academics? • Suggestions for curricula inclusion? • Comments or concerns? • Poster presentation: Thursday July 22nd 1230-1430 • Thank-you!

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