Workshop: New Models for Reducing Barriers between Researchers and Communities, April 8-9, 2010, University of Houston.

基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)是典型的互不相容的群体(例如，研究人员及其学术机构与社区领导人、政治家及其社区)之间的一组微妙的合作关系。由于各种原因很难持续下去，尤其是大多数研究人员培训和管理人类研究的法规都是基于自上而下的模式，在这种模式下，研究是针对某人或某个社区进行的，而不是与其合作。然而，CBPR是将基础研究转化为社会有益项目的最有效方式之一。由于CBPR已经获得了科学意义，科学机构才刚刚开始开发模型，以减少成功CBPR的障碍。本研讨会以一种综合的方式研究这些模型。它探索了新的利益相关者配置、指导方针、技术、文化考虑和资金安排，承诺克服障碍，使CBPR更加高效和强大。这次研讨会是休斯顿大学关于CBPR的一系列年度全国聚会的第二次。这次研讨会和随后的研讨会的学术价值在于将建立研究伙伴关系，以推动基础研究和应用研究从实验室走向社区。如果没有精心设计的伙伴关系，让所有利益相关者参与真正的协作关系，以社区为中心的研究往往无法交付预期的产品：有效的研究以及社区接受新的基于研究的想法并从其应用中受益的意愿。更广泛的影响是为分享各种研究干预措施的设计和应用的不同社区带来的直接好处，这在更传统的研究方法中通常是找不到的。

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a delicate set of collaborative relationships between typically incompatible groups (e.g., researchers and their academic institutions versus community leaders, politicians, and their communities). It is difficult to sustain for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that most researcher training and regulations governing human research are based on a top-down model in which the research is done on, not collaboratively with, someone or some community. Yet CBPR is one of the most effective ways to translate basic research into socially beneficial programs. As CBPR has gained scientific significance, the scientific establishment has only begun to develop models for reducing the barriers to successful CBPR. This workshop examines these models in an integrative way. It explores new stakeholder configurations, guidelines, technologies, cultural considerations, and funding arrangements that promise to overcome barriers and render CBPR more productive and robust.This workshop is the second in a series of annual national gatherings on CBPR at the University of Houston. The intellectual merit of this and subsequent workshops resides in the research partnerships that will be created to advance basic and applied research as it moves from the lab to the community. Without carefully crafted partnerships that involve all stakeholders in a truly collaborative relationship, community-focused research tends to fail to deliver the intended products: valid research and willingness of the community to embrace and benefit from the application of the new research based ideas.Broader Implications. The broader implications are the direct benefits, not normally found in more traditional research approaches, to diverse communities that share in the design and application of various research interventions.