Rural Oregon community perspectives: introducing community-based participatory research into a community health coalition.
The Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) model has supported community health development in more than 100 communities nationally. In 2011, four rural Oregon CHIPs collaborated with investigators from the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN), a component of the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI), to obtain training on research methods, develop and implement pilot research studies on childhood obesity, and explore matches with academic partners. This article summarizes the experiences of the Lincoln County CHIP, established in 2003, as it transitioned from CHIP to Community Health Improvement and Research Partnership (CHIRP). Our story and lessons learned may inform rural community-based health coalitions and academicians who are engaged in or considering Community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships. Utilizing existing infrastructure and relationships in community and academic settings provides an ideal starting point for rural, bidirectional research partnerships.
Julia
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Young-Lorion
Melinda M
MM
Davis
Nancy
N
Kirks
Anna
A
Hsu
Jana Kay
JK
Slater
Nancy
N
Rollins
Susan
S
Aromaa
Paul
P
McGinnis
D057191:Capacity Building; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009922:Oregon; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D012424:Rural Population; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical