title: Community-Academic Partnership Participation.
abstract: Community-academic partnerships (CAPs) improve the research process, outcomes, and yield benefits for the community and researchers. This exploratory study examined factors important in community stakeholders' decision to participate in CAPs. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) community stakeholders, previously contacted to participate in a CAP (n = 18), completed the 15-item Decision to Participate Questionnaire (DPQ). The DPQ assessed reasons for participating or declining participation in the ASD CAP. CAP participants rated networking with other providers, fit of collaboration with agency philosophy, and opportunity for future training/consultations as factors more important in their decision to participate in the ASD CAP than nonparticipants. Nonparticipants reported the number of requests to participate in research as more important in their decision to decline participation than participants. Findings reveal important factors in community stakeholders' decision to participate in CAPs that may provide guidance on increasing community engagement in CAPs and help close the science-to-service gap.
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego State University, 3020 Children's Way MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123-4282, USA. rdmeza@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego State University, 3020 Children's Way MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123-4282, USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drahota
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego State University, 3020 Children's Way MC 5033, San Diego, CA, 92123-4282, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spurgeon
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Community; Community stakeholders; Community–academic partnership; Decision to participate