title: Participatory research and capacity building for community health and development.
abstract: This report describes engagement of the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas in pursuing its mission of collaborative research, teaching, and public service. In research, this team uses capabilities for community measurement to help discover factors and conditions that affect community change and improvement. In teaching and training, it prepares new generations of leadership for collaborative research and community practice. As part of its public service mission, the team serves as home base for the Community Tool Box, the largest Web resource of its kind for community building. This work reflects the two-fold aim of engaged scholarship: to contribute to understanding about what affects community health and development and to apply that knowledge to assure conditions that promote well-being for all those living in our communities.
authors.affiliation: Work Group for Community Health and Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. sfawcett@ku.edu
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Fawcett
authors.forename: Jerry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Collie-Akers
authors.forename: Jomella
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watson-Thompson
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D019058:Community Networks; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D011634:Public Health