title: The adaptation and implementation of a community-based participatory research curriculum to build tribal research capacity.
abstract: We studied community-based participatory research in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. We have presented a case study describing a community-clinic-academic partnership with the goal of building tribal capacity and infrastructure to conduct health disparities research. The 2-year intensive training was guided by the framework of an evidence- and community-based participatory research curriculum, adapted and implemented with practice-based data collection activities and seminars to address issues specific to community-based participatory research with sovereign tribal nations. The initiative highlighted important challenges and opportunities in transdisciplinary partnerships; identified gaps in conducting health disparities research at the tribal, clinical, and university levels; and led to important policy change initiatives in all the partner settings.
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Dennis Styne were with the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis. Tvli Jacob was with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. The Tribal Community Research Team is a consortium of Tribal Researchers of Northern California, Willows.
authors.forename: Valarie Blue Bird
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Jernigan
authors.forename: Tvli
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Styne
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003479:Curriculum; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017144:Focus Groups; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D014481:United States