Network Analysis of an Organizational Collaboration for Pacific Islander Cancer Control

Community-based participatory research (CPBR) represents a growing research approach for addressing health disparities disfavoring members of racial/ethnic minorities and other underserved populations in the U.S. While such endeavors are often guided by explicit principles regarding the relationship...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2007-11, Vol.18 (6), p.184-196
Main Authors: Tanjasiri, Sora Park, Tran, Jacqueline H, Palmer, Paula Healani, Valente, Thomas W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
California
Cancer
Collaborative approach
Community based research
Community Health Planning - organization & administration
Community involvement
Community Participation
Community-Institutional Relations
Cooperative Behavior
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision making
Disease control
Female
Health education
Health inequalities
Health Services Research
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Male
Medical research
Minority & ethnic groups
Mortality
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Oceanic Ancestry Group - psychology
Pacific Islander people
Pacific Islands - ethnology
Participatory research
Partnerships
Polls & surveys
Universities - organization & administration
Womens health
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Community-based participatory research (CPBR) represents a growing research approach for addressing health disparities disfavoring members of racial/ethnic minorities and other underserved populations in the U.S. While such endeavors are often guided by explicit principles regarding the relationships between communities and universities, few studies have reported on the development or strength of such relationships. This paper describes the methods and preliminary results of a cross-sectional analysis of the ties between community and university organizations in a CBPR network to address cancer disparities between Pacific Islanders in Southern California and the general population. These analyses afford a means of representing the collaborative relationships and may enhance tracking improvements in CBPR links for cancer education, research, and training. Such tracking will help concerned parties understand how academic and community groups collaborate and coordinate their efforts to reach shared and overlapping goals.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2007.0116