Mentoring in community-based participatory research: the RCMAR experience.
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been identified as a useful strategy to overcome disparities in minority elders. However, little consensus exists with respect to appropriate CBPR training and mentoring mechanisms. In this paper, we summarize the mentoring activities in each of the six currently funded Resource Centers on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR). In addition to mentoring trainees and/or junior faculty, we also explore the bi-directional mentoring that occurs when faculty at academic health centers develop partnerships with members of their target communities.
Moreno-John
Gina
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University of California at San Francisco, Department of Medicine, USA. ginam@medicine.ucsf.edu
Fleming
Candace
C
Ford
Marvella E
ME
Lichtenberg
Peter
P
Mangione
Carole M
CM
Pérez-Stable
Eliseo J
EJ
Tilley
Barbara
B
Washington
Olivia G M
OG
Carrasquillo
Olveen
O
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014481:United States