title: Incorporating community-based participatory research principles into environmental health research: challenges and lessons learned from a housing pilot study.
abstract: In environmental health research, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach can effectively involve community members, researchers, and representatives from nonprofit, academic, and governmental agencies as equal partners throughout the research process. The authors sought to use CBPR principles in a pilot study; its purpose was to investigate how green construction practices might affect indoor exposures to chemicals and biological agents. Information from this pilot informed the development of a methodology for a nationwide study of low-income urban multifamily housing. The authors describe here 1) the incorporation of CBPR principles into a pilot study comparing green vs. conventionally built urban housing, 2) the resulting implementation and reporting challenges, and 3) lessons learned and implications for increased community participation in environmental health research.
authors.forename: Paris
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ponder-Brookins
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steward
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenwell
authors.forename: Ginger L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: Yvette
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: Chinaro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Mary Jean
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004782:Environmental Health; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014505:Urban Population