title: Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model: Community Partner Consultation and Face Validity.
abstract: A national community-based participatory research (CBPR) team developed a conceptual model of CBPR partnerships to understand the contribution of partnership processes to improved community capacity and health outcomes. With the model primarily developed through academic literature and expert consensus building, we sought community input to assess face validity and acceptability. Our research team conducted semi-structured focus groups with six partnerships nationwide. Participants validated and expanded on existing model constructs and identified new constructs based on "real-world" praxis, resulting in a revised model. Four cross-cutting constructs were identified: trust development, capacity, mutual learning, and power dynamics. By empirically testing the model, we found community face validity and capacity to adapt the model to diverse contexts. We recommend partnerships use and adapt the CBPR model and its constructs, for collective reflection and evaluation, to enhance their partnering practices and achieve their health and research goals.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Lorenda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belone
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA JELucero@salud.unm.edu.
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lucero
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tafoya
authors.affiliation: St. Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington,USA.
authors.forename: Domin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: University of California Berkeley, Oakland, California, USA.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: The Flint Odyssey House, Inc., Flint, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Ella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Greene-Moton
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Michele A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wallerstein
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035502:Trust; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities
keywords: community and public health; community based participatory research; focus groups; participatory action research (PAR); qualitative analysis; reflexivity; relationships; research participation; theory development; trust; validity