title: Community Based Participatory Research to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in American Indian Children.
abstract: Community based participatory research is an approach aimed to equitably involve community members, representatives, and academic researchers in all aspects of the research process. Using this methodology can help integrate cultural knowledge into interventions, supporting researchers to effectively partner with communities in addressing health disparities. The Center for Native Oral Health Research (CNOHR) collaborates with two American Indian (AI) tribes to advance oral health knowledge and practice, including the conduct of randomized controlled clinical trials of culturally sensitive behavioral interventions for primary prevention of early childhood caries (ECC). This manuscript describes the development of researcher-community partnership, and the development and implementation of the two clinical trial in the community. It also gives a detailed account of the strategies developed through the community input in recruitment and retention of the study participants and finally the lessons learnt during the study implementation.
authors.affiliation: Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.affiliation: Children's Outcomes Research Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
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authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harper
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authors.lastname: Zacher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swyers
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authors.lastname: Toledo
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authors.lastname: Batliner
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albino
keywords: American Indian; Center for native oral health research; Community advisory board; Community based participatory research; Early childhood caries