Orionzi Dimpho E, Mink Pamela J, Azzahir Atum, Yusuf Amged A, Jernigan Mau J, Dahlem Janet L, Anderson Mark J, Trahan Lovel, Rosenberg-Carlson Elena
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2016;10(4):493-503. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2016.0057.
In community-based participatory research (CBPR), issues such as creating a setting where community members drive decisions and creating culturally relevant processes remain largely underachieved. The Backyard Initiative (BYI) provided the setting for implementing a community-centered collaborative research process. The BYI is a partnership between Allina Health, the Cultural Wellness Center (CWC), and community residents to improve health.
To describe the unique community-centered method used in the 2013 BYI Community Health Survey (CHS) as a viable approach for collecting meaningful and valid health related data. With this approach, the community operates as the agent of change rather than the target.
At the core was the BYI assessment team, which brought together conventional researchers and community members to collaboratively design, implement, analyze, interpret, and disseminate the CHS results. Focusing on the CHS, this structure and process permitted and facilitated important and difficult discussions about approach, content and outcomes of the research.
We held seven sessions (239 participants). Participants were 37% African American/African and 34% Native American, 65% female, and 72% spoke English at home. Achievement of our recruitment goals, participation of groups typically underrepresented in research, and positive community feedback were indications that the BYI approach to survey research was successful.
The BYI CHS community-centered methods built trust among research partners and participants, engaged populations often underrepresented in research, and collected meaningful data. Our success indicates that it is possible to co-design and implement a lengthy survey to inform future research and community activities.
在社区参与式研究（CBPR）中，诸如营造社区成员主导决策的环境以及创建具有文化相关性的流程等问题在很大程度上仍未得到充分解决。后院倡议（BYI）为实施以社区为中心的合作研究过程提供了环境。BYI是艾利纳健康集团、文化健康中心（CWC）和社区居民之间的合作伙伴关系，旨在改善健康状况。
描述2013年BYI社区健康调查（CHS）中使用的独特的以社区为中心的方法，作为收集有意义且有效的健康相关数据的可行方法。通过这种方法，社区成为变革的推动者而非目标对象。
核心是BYI评估团队，该团队将传统研究人员和社区成员聚集在一起，共同设计、实施、分析、解释和传播CHS结果。围绕CHS，这种结构和过程允许并促进了关于研究方法、内容和结果的重要且艰难的讨论。
我们举办了七场会议（239名参与者）。参与者中37%为非裔美国人/非洲人，34%为美洲原住民，65%为女性，72%在家说英语。实现我们的招募目标、让研究中通常代表性不足的群体参与以及获得积极的社区反馈表明BYI的调查研究方法是成功的。
BYI CHS以社区为中心的方法在研究伙伴和参与者之间建立了信任，让研究中通常代表性不足的人群参与进来，并收集了有意义的数据。我们的成功表明，共同设计和实施一项冗长的调查以为未来研究和社区活动提供信息是可行的。
