title: Community-academic research partnerships with vulnerable populations.
abstract: Community-academic research partnerships have evolved as a multidisciplinary approach to involve those communities experiencing health disparities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health interventions. Community-academic partnerships are intended to bring together academic researchers and communities to share power, establish trust, foster colearning, enhance strengths and resources, build community capacity, and address community-identified needs and health problems. The purpose of this chapter is to review the current state of community-academic research partnerships in the United States and Canada. We discuss contextual issues; present a review of the current literature; identify the major strengths, challenges, and lessons learned that have emerged during the course of these research collaborations; and explore implications for future research and policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Nursing Care, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: Janna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lesser
authors.forename: Manuel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oscós-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data