title: Balancing community and university aims in community-based participatory research: a Pacific Islander youth study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Community-based participatory research (CBPR) holds the promise of improving the planning, conduct, and long-term translation of research findings into community settings.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This 2-year, exploratory study applied CBPR structures and processes to the identification of individual, cultural and community factors associated with obesity among Pacific Islander (PI) youth in Southern California.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the CBPR principles and strategies used by a community-university partnership to develop, implement, and report on the findings from assessments of obesity, physical activity, and nutritional intake among PI youth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although CBPR planning processes led to successes in community-based youth recruitment and retention, we learned key lessons regarding implementation of tailored assessment protocols, often involving problems arising from the university side of the CBPR collaborative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBPR has its strengths and limits; more studies are needed that report on processes to increase our understanding of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability.
authors: California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
authors: Sora Park
authors: SP
authors: Tanjasiri
authors: Lenny
authors: L
authors: Wiersma
authors: Greta
authors: G
authors: Briand
authors: Vaka
authors: V
authors: Faletau
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Lepule
authors: Lianne
authors: L
authors: Nacpil
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Eichenauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054521:Cultural Competency; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008849:Micronesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009043:Motor Activity; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018947:Samoa / Q000208:ethnology; D014058:Tonga / Q000208:ethnology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult