Journal article
Community Action Against Asthma: Examining the partnership process of a community-based participatory research project
Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, Vol.18(7), pp.558-567
2003
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20322.x
PMCID: PMC1494884
PMID: 12848839
Abstract
Background: Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA) is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project that assesses the effects of outdoor and indoor air quality on exacerbation of asthma in children, and tests household- and neighborhood-level interventions to reduce exposure to environmental asthma triggers. Representatives of community-based organizations, academia, an integrated health system, and the local health department work in partnership on CAAA's Steering Committee (SC) to design and implement the project.
Objective: To conduct a process evaluation of the CAAA community-academic partnership.
Design: In-depth interviews containing open-ended questions were conducted with SC members. Analysis included established methods for qualitative data, including focused coding and constant comparison methods.
Setting: Community setting in Detroit, Michigan.
Participants: Twenty-three members of the CAAA SC.
Measurements: Common themes identified by SC members relating to the partnership's ability to achieve project goals and the successes and challenges facing the partnership itself.
Main results: Identified partnership accomplishments included: successful implementation of a complex project, identification of children with previously undiagnosed asthma, and diverse participation and community influence in SC decisions. Challenges included ensuring all partners' influence in decision-making, the need to adjust to "a different way of doing things" in CBPR, constraints and costs of doing CBPR felt by all partners, ongoing need for communication and maintaining trust, and balancing the needs of science and the community through intervention.
Conclusions: CBPR can enhance and facilitate basic research, but care must be given to trust issues, governance issues, organizational culture, and costs of participation for all organizations involved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Community Action Against Asthma: Examining the partnership process of a community-based participatory research project
- Creators
- Edith A PARKER - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United StatesBarbara A ISRAEL - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United StatesMelina WILLIAMS - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United StatesWilma BRAKEFIELD-CALDWELL - Detroit Health Department, Detroit, Mich, United StatesToby C LEWIS - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United StatesThomas ROBINS - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United StatesErminia RAMIREZ - Community Health and Social Services Center, Detroit, Mich, United StatesZachary ROWE - Friends of Parkside, Detroit, Mich, United StatesGerald KEELER - University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, Vol.18(7), pp.558-567
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20322.x
- PMID
- 12848839
- PMCID
- PMC1494884
- NLM abbreviation
- J Gen Intern Med
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
- eISSN
- 1525-1497
- Publisher
- Springer; Heidelberg
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063115702771
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