title: Sampling and Recruiting Community-Based Programs Using Community-Partnered Participation Research.
abstract: The inclusion of community partners in participatory leadership roles around statistical design issues like sampling and randomization has raised concerns about scientific integrity. This article presents a case study of a community-partnered, participatory research (CPPR) cluster-randomized, comparative effectiveness trial to examine implications for study validity and community relevance. Using study administrative data, we describe a CPPR-based design and implementation process for agency/program sampling, recruitment, and randomization for depression interventions. We calculated participation rates and used cross-tabulation to examine balance by intervention status on service sector, location, and program size and assessed differences in potential populations served. We achieved 51.5% agency and 89.6% program participation rates. Programs in different intervention arms were not significantly different on service sector, location, or program size. Participating programs were not significantly different from eligible, nonparticipating programs on community characteristics. We reject claims that including community members in research design decisions compromises scientific integrity. This case study suggests that a CPPR process can improve implementation of a community-grounded, rigorous randomized comparative effectiveness trial.
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA susan.stockdale@va.gov.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Stockdale
authors.affiliation: VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lingqi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Esmeralda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pudilo
authors.affiliation: Healthy African American Families II, Los Angeles, CA, USA Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lucas-Wright
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Bowen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.affiliation: UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Masongsong
authors.affiliation: Healthy African American Families II, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Felica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Belin
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sherbourne
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012494:Sampling Studies
keywords: CBPR; anxiety; depression