Partnerships for progress in active living: from research to action.
Partnerships for progress in active living: from research to action.
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积极生活进步的伙伴关系：从研究到行动。
DOI：
10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.012
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Sallis,JamesF
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作者：
Mendoza,JasonA;Salmon,Jo;Sallis,JamesF
The theme for the 2011 Active Living Research Annual Conference was ‘‘Partnerships for Progress in Active Living: From Research to Action.’’The rationale for this theme was simple: no person is an island. The theme recognizes that partnerships are essential to identify and implement solutions for communityengaged active living research. Our intent was to highlight the importance of researchers, professionals, and community members/organizations from diverse disciplines working collaboratively to address childhood obesity and promote active living. For some, the very nature of their research question requires partnerships. For example, the Walking School Bus pilot study described in this issue (Mendoza et al.(2012)) and elsewhere (Mendoza et al., 2011; Mendoza et al., 2010), necessitated a partnership with the local school district which endures to the present, despite the end of grant funding. Other partnerships from that project have become largely inactive, given each organization’s current projects and the multitude of competing priorities. The resulting partnership discontinuity resulting from both investigator inaction and a lack of partnership infrastructure at the institutional level creates inefficiencies and potentially engenders mistrust among target communities that remain underrepresented in health research (Yancey et al., 2006). Based on this and similar community-engaged projects, three areas in the academic research enterprise merit careful consideration by multiple stakeholders.How does an individual investigator, especially a junior investigator, establish and maintain partnerships, given the intense pressure to’’publish or perish’’and the unpredictable nature of grant funding? Certainly investigators themselves must take responsibility to establish and maintain partnerships, regardless of funding status. Simply keeping in touch by email, telephone, or by brief in person meetings may be sufficient for some
