Rutgers University, College of Nursing, Newark , NJ 07102, USA.
Nurs Inq. 2010 Dec;17(4):282-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2010.00510.x.
There is a growing interest in community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods to address issues of health disparities. Although the success of CBPR is dependent upon the formation of community-researcher partnerships, new researchers as well as seasoned investigators who are transitioning to CBPR often lack the skills needed to develop and maintain these partnerships. The purpose of the article is to discuss the competencies needed by new researchers to form successful CBPR partnerships. The author presents a series of strategic steps that are useful in establishing academic-community partnerships and in initiating, maintaining and sustaining CBPR projects. These steps include suggestions regarding community engagement, selection of community advisory board members, outreach, the community's role in problem identification, selection of research methodologies, considerations related to the community setting, need for flexibility and patience, 'insider vs. outsider' conflicts, commitment and training issues, timing concerns for tenure-track faculty and the process of community empowerment. Community-based participatory research is both rewarding and time consuming, for both the researcher and members of the community. Given its promise to address health disparities, it is imperative that researchers acquire the skills needed to develop and cultivate durable community-researcher partnerships.
人们越来越关注基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）方法，以解决健康差异问题。尽管 CBPR 的成功取决于社区-研究人员伙伴关系的形成，但新的研究人员以及转向 CBPR 的经验丰富的调查员通常缺乏开发和维护这些伙伴关系所需的技能。本文旨在讨论新研究人员形成成功 CBPR 伙伴关系所需的能力。作者提出了一系列战略步骤，这些步骤对于建立学术-社区伙伴关系以及启动、维持和持续进行 CBPR 项目非常有用。这些步骤包括有关社区参与、社区咨询委员会成员选择、外展、社区在问题识别中的作用、研究方法选择、与社区环境相关的考虑因素、灵活性和耐心的必要性、“内部人员与外部人员”冲突、承诺和培训问题、终身教职员工的时间考虑因素以及社区赋权过程的建议。对于研究人员和社区成员来说，基于社区的参与式研究既具有挑战性又费时。考虑到它解决健康差异的承诺，研究人员必须掌握开发和培养持久的社区-研究人员伙伴关系所需的技能。
