Development and Evaluation of a Toolkit to Assess Partnership Readiness for Community-Based Participatory Research

An earlier investigation by academic and community co-investigators led to the development of the Partnership Readiness for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Model, which defined major dimensions and key indicators of partnership readiness. As a next step in this process, we used qualita...

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Published in:Progress in community health partnerships 2011, Vol.5 (2), p.183-188
Main Authors: Andrews, Jeannette O, Cox, Melissa J, Newman, Susan D, Meadows, Otha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community involvement
Community-Based Participatory Research - methods
Community-Based Participatory Research - organization & administration
Community-Institutional Relations
Documentation
Focus Groups
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Likert scale
Models, Organizational
Models, Psychological
Program Development - methods
Program Development - standards
Schools, Medical
South Carolina
Studies
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Summary:An earlier investigation by academic and community co-investigators led to the development of the Partnership Readiness for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Model, which defined major dimensions and key indicators of partnership readiness. As a next step in this process, we used qualitative methods, cognitive pretesting, and expert reviews to develop a working guide, or toolkit, based on the model for academic and community partners to assess and leverage their readiness for CBPR. The 75-page toolkit is designed as a qualitative assessment promoting equal voice and transparent, bi-directional discussions among all the partners. The toolkit is formatted to direct individual partner assessments, followed by team assessments, discussions, and action plans to optimize their goodness of fit, capacity, and operations to conduct CBPR. The toolkit has been piloted with two cohorts in the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Community Engaged Scholars (CES) Program with promising results from process and outcome evaluation data.
ISSN:1557-0541
1557-055X
1557-055X
DOI:10.1353/cpr.2011.0019