Community-Based Participatory Research Training
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that involves community members or recipients of interventions during all phases of the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each member of the research team brings.
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Goals
This free course, sponsored by the UR CTSI and Center for Community Health & Prevention, educates University researchers and community members in community-engaged research. It introduces CBPR principles from the foundations to communication, funding, and sustainability and fosters relationship-building among participants. Through the program, participants will form collaborative teams to develop and submit proposals for the CBPR Pathway to Pilot Awards.
By the end of the program, participants will:
- Understand the rationale for a CBPR approach in addressing health research.
- Describe the conceptual and philosophical roots of community-based participatory health research.
- Understand and apply the core principles of CBPR in developing, maintaining, and evaluating community-academic research partnerships.
- Evaluate the importance of governance structure, cultural humility, and participatory evaluation in the design and implementation of CBPR as strategies to address power dynamics and ethical issues appropriately.
- Explain and experience the process and challenges of forming and maintaining CBPR partnerships with communities.
- Assess the ethical challenges in co-conducting research with communities.
- Identify and discuss the benefits and challenges involved in CBPR and options for overcoming these challenges.
- Explore CBPR as a strategy to address social justice, policy, or systems-change issues.
Contact
For more information or questions, please contact Laura Sugarwala, MBA, RD, Director of Community Health Partnerships.
How to Apply
Applications are currently closed and will open again in June, 2025.
Eligibility
University researchers (including faculty, trainees, and students) and community members (typically from community-based organizations) are eligible to apply.
Cost
There is no cost to take the course.
Resources
Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Learn more about the principles of CBPR developed by the URMC Community Advisory Board.
Online Course on CBPR: A Partnership Approach for Public Health
Visit the Detroit Urban Research Center to take their free online course on CBPR.
Past Projects
2019
Collaborating with Caregivers: Factors that Influence the Decision to Begin Mental Health Treatment for Children in Urban Communities
Aparajita “Tuma” Kuriyan, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow of Psychiatry at URMC; Alicia Evans, independent community consultant with LeGray Dynamic; and Carlos Santana, community organizer for Action for a Better Community, Inc.
The Prevalence of Loneliness in Minority Communities with Chronic Medical Conditions
Allen Anandarajah, M.D., associate professor of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology at URMC; Nancy Shelton, senior consultant of Cultural Competence and Health Equity at Coordinated Care Services, Inc.; and Angela Wollschlager, community outreach project lead and patient engagement specialist at Medical Solutions, Inc.
Faith-based Interventions to Support Health-Promoting Behaviors and Reduce Overweight and Obesity Rates in African American Families
Ruth Brook Wards, Aenon Baptist Church, and Kaydean Harris, RN, School of Nursing
Other graduates include: Ms. Jean Clark and Caroline Silva, Ph.D.
Current Course
Schedule
| Date & Time | Session | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
|
9/10/2024 |
Initial meeting with learning cohort |
Laura Sugarwala and/or John Cullen |
|
9/17/2024 |
Group Meeting
|
Laura Sugarwala and/or John Cullen |
|
9/24/2024 |
Module 1: CBPR Foundations - Getting Grounded |
Sherita Bullock, Healthy Baby Network |
|
10/1/2024 |
Module 2: CBPR in the Real World – What’s a Good Research Question |
Phyllis Jackson, Common Ground Health |
|
10/08/2024 |
Module 3: Developing a CBPR Partnership – Creating the “Glue” for Relationship Building |
Tiffany Lloyd, Allyn Foundation |
|
10/15/2024 |
Group Meeting
|
Laura Sugarwala and/or John Cullen |
|
10/22/2024 |
Module 4: Grants |
Margit Brazda Poirer, Grants4Good |
|
10/29/2024 |
Group Meeting |
Laura Sugarwala and Grace Kumetat |
|
11/12/2024 |
Module 5: Maintaining a CBPR Partnership – Spreading the “Glue” and Having it Stick |
Elizabeth McDade, Rochester ENergy Efficiency & Weatherization (RENEW) |
|
11/19/2024 |
Module 6: Applying a CBPR approach through the entire research process/cycle |
Lisa DeWindt-Sommer, Deaf Weight Wise |
|
12/3/2024 |
Module 7a: Structural Racism in Healthcare and Research |
Mary Bisbee-Burrows, Facilitator, Structural Racism in Healthcare and Research course |
|
12/10/2024 |
Module 8: Understanding, Reporting and Disseminating Results |
Jeff Freeman, Common Ground Health |
|
12/17/2024 |
Module 7b: Structural Racism in Healthcare and Research |
Mary Bisbee-Burrows, Facilitator, Structural Racism in Healthcare and Research course |
|
1/07/2025 |
Module 10: Equity, Dissemination, Implementation |
Jim McMahon, URMC |
|
1/14/2025 |
Module 11: Cancer Research Case Study |
Francisco (Paco) Cartujano, URMC |
|
1/21/2025 |
Group Meeting |
Lauren Spiker, 13thirty |
|
1/28/2025 |
Module 12: Grants and evaluation Part #2 |
Colin Flemming-Stumpf, Rochester Regional Health |
|
2/04/2025 4:30 - 5:30 pm |
Group meetings as needed to prepare for application to CBPR P2P grant application. Meeting location (i.e. virtual or in person) to be determined. |
Laura Sugarwala and/or John Cullen |
|
TBD |
Pathways to Pilot Application Due |
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