title: Creating Mechanisms for Meaningful Collaboration Between Members of Urban Communities and University-Based HIV Prevention Researchers.
abstract: This article provides a description of a Community/University Collaborative Board, a formalized partnership between representatives from an inner-city community and university-based researchers. This Collaborative Board oversees a number of research projects focused on designing, delivering and testing family-based HIV prevention and mental health focused programs to elementary and junior high school age youth and their families. The Collaborative Board consists of urban parents, school staff members, representatives from community-based agencies and university-based researchers. One research project, the CHAMP (Collaborative HIV prevention and Adolescent Mental health Project) Family Program Study, an urban, family-based HIV prevention project will be used to illustrate how the Collaborative Board oversees a community-based research study. The process of establishing a Collaborative Board, recruiting members and developing subcommittees is described within this article. Examples of specific issues addressed by the Collaborative Board within its subcommittees, Implementation, Finance, Welcome, Research, Grant writing, Curriculum, and Leadership, are detailed in this article along with lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hibbert
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paikoff
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Carl C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Sybil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madison-Boyd
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baptiste
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: Rogério M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Mary M. McKay, PhD, Richard Hibbert, CSW, Rita Lawrence, BA, and Ana Miranda are affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Roberta Paikoff, PhD, Carl C. Bell, MD, Sybil Madison-Boyd, PhD, Donna Baptiste, PhD, and Doris Coleman, LCSW are affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rogério M. Pinto, PhD is affiliated with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. William M. Bannon, Jr., MSW, is affiliated with Columbia University, CHAMP Collaborative Boards in New York and Chicago.
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Bannon
keywords: Community collaborative board; community board recruitment and development; elementary and junior high school age youth and their families; family-based HIV prevention and mental health