title: Finding solutions to challenges faced in community-based participatory research between academic and community organizations.
abstract: Partnerships between communities and academic institutions have been vital in addressing complex health and psychosocial issues faced by culturally diverse and hard-to-reach populations. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been suggested as a strategy to develop trust and build on the strengths of partners from various settings to address significant health issues, particularly those persistent health issues that reveal disparities among minority populations. There have been many challenges to developing these partnerships in the United States. The purpose of this paper is to discuss approaches and solutions used by this research team in response to the challenges they have faced in using CBPR. The team uses CBPR to understand and support the process of disclosure of intimate partner violence (IPV) within the context of the community health centers that provide services for multicultural and multi-lingual populations. While CBPR provides a route to develop trust and build on the strengths of partners from various settings, there are multiple challenges that arise when partnering organizations present with different infrastructures, missions, resources and populations served. Examples of common challenges and solutions from the literature and from the team's experience will be discussed. Implications for partners, partnerships, practice and research will be explored.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii and University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA. shoultz@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shoultz
authors.forename: Mary Frances
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Oneha
authors.forename: Lois
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magnussen
authors.forename: Mya Moe
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hla
authors.forename: Zavi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Brees-Saunders
authors.forename: Marissa Dela
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douglas
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017579:Domestic Violence; D006254:Hawaii; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014495:Universities