title: Using community-based participatory research in patient-centered outcomes research to address health disparities in under-represented communities.
abstract: The emergence of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) has created a paradigm shift in the way health outcomes research is designed, conducted and disseminated. While PCOR expands the potential for patients to play a key advisory role in every aspect of the research process, community-based participatory research (CBPR) has long provided this opportunity for engaging communities in research. CBPR is an excellent tool for achieving PCOR goals of improving the health of all people by providing them with evidence-based information for making informed healthcare decisions. We propose ways by which PCOR can effectively use CBPR principles to engage patients in general, and specifically patients from underserved communities. The hope is that this will help to reduce and eventually eliminate health disparities.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 220 Arch Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Yewande
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sofolahan-Oladeinde
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 220 Arch Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: C Daniel
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.affiliation: HOPE Institute LLC, Columbia, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Baquet
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment
keywords: community-based participatory research; health disparities; patient-centered outcomes research; under-represented communities