title: Using CBPR for Health Research in American Muslim Mosque Communities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  American Muslims are understudied in health research, and there are few studies documenting community-based participatory research (CBPR) efforts among American Muslim mosque communities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We highlight lessons learned from a CBPR partnership that explored the health care beliefs, behaviors, and challenges of American Muslims.
  
  
  METHODS
  We established a collaboration between the University of Michigan and four Muslim-focused community organizations in Michigan. Our collaborative team designed and implemented a two-phase study involving interviews with community stakeholders and focus groups and surveys with mosque congregants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although we were successful in meeting our research goals, maintaining community partner involvement and sustaining the project partnership proved challenging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CBPR initiatives within mosque communities have the potential for improving community health. Our experience suggests that successful research partnerships with American Muslims will utilize social networks and cultural insiders, culturally adapt research methods, and develop a research platform within the organizational infrastructures of the American Muslim community.
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Killawi
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heisler
authors.forename: Hamada
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: Aasim I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Padela
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008913:Minority Groups; D014481:United States