Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2020;14(3):285-297. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2020.0034.
Inclusion of community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles within an epidemiological study design is anticipated to promote the effective integration of knowledge derived from research data collection into the strategic planning and collaborative effort of a group focused on improving community-based health outcomes. This article describes how CBPR principles were used throughout survey design, data collection, analyses and results dissemination.
A health needs assessment survey was developed as a partnership between an academic research group from the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), a neighborhood-level health and wellness collaborative, and community residents. Survey development, pilot testing, data collection, results dissemination, and action among the health collaborative members were carried out using CBPR principles. Feedback from participants at each stage was collected to improve the overall process of data use within the collaborative.
Data from 1,064 adult participants living in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, were collected. The use of CBPR and epidemiological approaches was successful in promoting effective collaborative efforts, as indicated by 1) sustained organization-level partner participation in the development of survey items and donation of participant incentives; 2) positive feedback from resident- and organization-level participants in a preliminary data dissemination event; 3) strong resident participation at community-wide dissemination events; 4) increases in survey-related blog traffic occurring in conjunction with community-wide dissemination events; and 5) the use of process protocols and results within similar collaboratives across the city.
Use of CBPR principles with epidemiological methods is a powerful tool for facilitating effective community-level strategic planning within health collaboratives.
在流行病学研究设计中纳入基于社区的参与式研究（CBPR）原则，预计将促进将从研究数据收集获得的知识有效融入到专注于改善基于社区的健康结果的团体的战略规划和协作努力中。本文描述了如何在整个调查设计、数据收集、分析和结果传播过程中使用 CBPR 原则。
一项健康需求评估调查是由弗吉尼亚联邦大学（VCU）的一个学术研究小组、一个邻里级别的健康和健康合作组织以及社区居民之间的伙伴关系共同开发的。调查的制定、试点测试、数据收集、结果传播以及健康合作成员之间的行动都是按照 CBPR 原则进行的。在每个阶段都从参与者那里收集反馈意见，以改进合作组织内数据使用的整体过程。
从弗吉尼亚州里士满东区的 1064 名成年参与者那里收集了数据。CBPR 和流行病学方法的使用成功地促进了有效的合作努力，这表现在以下几个方面：1）持续的组织层面合作伙伴参与调查项目的制定和参与者激励的捐赠；2）在初步数据传播活动中，居民和组织层面参与者的积极反馈；3）在社区范围内的传播活动中，居民的积极参与；4）与社区范围内的传播活动同时发生的与调查相关的博客流量增加；5）在全市范围内的类似合作组织中使用过程协议和结果。
将 CBPR 原则与流行病学方法一起使用，是促进健康合作组织内有效进行社区层面战略规划的有力工具。
