A community-academic-policy partnership for health promotion research

描述（由申请人提供）：社区参与式研究（CBPR），其中社区作为全面合作伙伴参与，而不仅仅是作为学术研究的接受者或主题，在其对社区需求的响应和对社区学术关系的重视方面表现出了巨大的力量。然而，CBPR也显示出在覆盖范围和影响方面的潜在局限性，以及这些关系的可持续性面临的挑战。我们假设，许多限制和挑战可以通过与地方政府的认真而全面的整合来解决。因此，我们提出了一个创新的三管齐下的社区学术政策伙伴关系（CAPP）模式，将联合收割机社区学术伙伴关系与地方政府代表。这种伙伴关系将构成研究基础设施的基础，可用于改善我们的合作伙伴社区及其他地区的健康状况。合作伙伴将包括加州大学洛杉矶分校/兰德青少年健康促进中心（CDC指定的30个综合预防研究中心之一，在CBPR促进儿童，青少年和家庭健康方面有着悠久的成功历史），加州大学洛杉矶分校/兰德社区咨询委员会（中心的长期合作伙伴，由当地社区成员和社区组织代表组成的社区联盟），以及来自两个相邻社区的政府官员，卡森市和洛杉矶第15区（这两个地区共同包括洛杉矶的大型，多样化和脆弱的南湾地区）。我们提出的CAPP包括所有三个合作伙伴的结构变化，这将使关系正式化，并增加沟通和联合决策。它还包括一些旨在有力地利用各种关系的能力建设活动，包括决策者就重要和及时的问题委托进行的年度卫生政策审查;为社区学术政策研究小组提供内部种子赠款;为社区组织和成员提供研究培训机会;通过通讯、介绍、报告和出版物经常向公众传播信息;以及源源不断地向各种资助者提出社区参与的赠款申请。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Community-based participatory research (CBPR), in which communities are engaged as full partners rather than as mere recipients or subjects of academic research, has shown substantial power in its responsiveness to community needs and its emphasis on community-academic relationships. CBPR, however, has also demonstrated potential limitations in reach and impact, as well as challenges to the sustainability of these relationships. We hypothesize that many limitations and challenges can be addressed through careful yet comprehensive integration with local governments. Therefore, we propose an innovative three-pronged Community-Academic-Policy Partnership (CAPP) model that will combine a community-academic partnership with local government representatives. This partnership will form the basis of a research infrastructure that can be used to improve health in our partner communities and beyond. The partners will include the UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion (one of 30 CDC-designated Comprehensive Prevention Research Centers, with a long history of success in CBPR promoting child, adolescent, and family health), the UCLA/RAND Community Advisory Board (the Center's longstanding partner, a community coalition consisting of local community members and community organization representatives), and government officials from two adjacent communities, the City of Carson and Los Angeles District 15 (which together encompass the large, diverse, and vulnerable South Bay region of Los Angeles). Our proposed CAPP includes structural changes in all three partners that will formalize relationships and increase communication and joint decision-making. It also includes a number of capacity-building activities designed to powerfully leverage relationships, including annual health policy reviews commissioned by policymakers on important and timely questions; internal seed grants for community-academic-policy research teams; research training opportunities for community organizations and members; frequent public dissemination of information through newsletters, presentations, reports, and publications; and a steady stream of community-engaged grant applications to various funders.