Improving collaboration between researchers and communities.
Active collaboration between communities and researchers is critical to developing appropriate public health research strategies that address community concerns. To capture the perspectives of inner-city Seattle communities about issues in community-researcher partnerships, Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities conducted interviews with community members from the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Central and Southeast Seattle. The results suggest that effective community-researcher collaborations require a paradigm shift from traditional practices to an approach that involves: acknowledging community contributions, recruiting and training minority people to participate in research teams, improving communication, sharing power, and valuing respect and diversity.
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Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities, USA. ahoua.kone@metrokc.gov
Sullivan
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Senturia
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Chrisman
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Ciske
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Krieger
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D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence; D015980:Public Health Practice; D044469:Racial Groups; D014861:Washington