title: Operationalization of community-based participatory research principles: assessment of the national cancer institute's community network programs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined how National Cancer Institute-funded Community Network Programs (CNPs) operationalized principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR).
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the literature and extant CBPR measurement tools. On the basis of that review, we developed a 27-item questionnaire for CNPs to self-assess their operationalization of 9 CBPR principles. Our team comprised representatives of 9 of the National Cancer Institute's 25 CNPs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 25 CNPs, 22 (88%) completed the questionnaire. Most scored well on CBPR principles of recognizing community as a unit of identity, building on community strengths, facilitating colearning, embracing iterative processes in developing community capacity, and achieving a balance between data generation and intervention. CNPs varied in the extent to which they employed CBPR principles of addressing determinants of health, sharing power among partners, engaging the community in research dissemination, and striving for sustainability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the development of assessment tools in this field is in its infancy, our findings suggest that fidelity to CBPR processes can be assessed in a variety of settings.
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Health Studies, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. kbraun@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Tung T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Sora Park
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tanjasiri
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Sue P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Heiney
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Selina A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hargreaves
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coe
authors.forename: Grace X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kenerson
authors.forename: Kushal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsark
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hébert
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000592:standards*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
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