1. Improving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health: National Organizations Leading Community Research Initiatives
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Sela V. Panapasa, Margeurite Ro, Chung Corina, Won Kim Cook, Kathy Lim Ko, Nadia Islam, Rosy Chang Weir, Roxanna Bautista, Lloyd Asato, and Jeffery Cabllero
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Community-Based Participatory Research ,Capacity Building ,Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ,Health (social science) ,Sociology and Political Science ,Community-based participatory research ,Health Promotion ,Article ,Education ,Nursing ,Political science ,Health care ,Humans ,Cultural Competency ,Poverty ,Medically Uninsured ,Asian ,business.industry ,Health services research ,Capacity building ,Health Status Disparities ,General Medicine ,Public relations ,Community-Institutional Relations ,United States ,Local community ,Health promotion ,Organizational Case Studies ,Workforce ,Pacific islanders ,Health Services Research ,business ,Cultural competence - Abstract
Functionally, many CBPR projects operate through a model of academic partners providing research expertise and community partners playing a supporting role.To demonstrate how national umbrella organizations deeply rooted in communities, cognizant of community needs, and drawing on the insights and assets of community partners, can lead efforts to address health disparities affecting their constituents through research.Case studies of two Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander national organizations.Strategically engaging a diverse range of partners and securing flexible funding mechanisms that support research were important facilitators. Main challenges included limited interest of local community organizations whose primary missions as service or health care providers may deprioritize research.Efforts to make research relevant to the work of community partners and to instill the value of research in community partners, as well as flexible funding mechanisms, may help to promote community-driven research.
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- 2012