Community partnerships: the cornerstone of community health research.
Community partnerships have been recognized as the cornerstone of community research. The recent Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment, puts forth the idea of creating community partnerships as a strategy to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Community-based research is frequently reported in the literature as a study conducted in the community versus with the community. The objective of this review is to examine models of community partnerships, to consider their implications for community-based research, and to identify directions for future nursing research.
Portillo
Carmen J
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University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, USA.
Waters
Catherine
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005544:Forecasting; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States