1. SoLaHmo Partnership for Health and Wellness:
CBPAR Definitions
April 13, 2018

2. A CBPAR Definition “CBPR is a partnership approach to research that
equitably involves all participants
in all aspects of the research process
where each person shares their expertise
in order to enhance knowledge and
to develop interventions that will benefit the whole community.” Barbara Israel et al 1998
Israel A et al. Review of Community-Based Research: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health. Annual Review of Public Health :
Israel A et al. Review of Community-Based Research: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health. Annual Review of Public Health :

3. Barbara Israel- Key Principles
Recognizes community as a unit of identity
Begins with, builds on community strengths & resources
Facilitates collaborative, equitable partnership throughout - an empowering and power-sharing process
Promotes co-learning and capacity building
Integrates and creates a balance between knowledge generation and action for mutual benefit of all partners
Emphasizes local relevance of public health problems… that attend to multiple determinants of health & disease.
Involves systems development through cyclical/ iterative
Involves all partners in the dissemination process as co- authors and presenters
Involves long-term process & commitment from all partners
Professor of Pub Health at U Michigan

4. Another Definition CBPAR is NOT a research project.
“It is a social change project of which the research is one piece.
As such, it has three goals:
Learn relevant knowledge/ skills,
Develop relationships of solidarity,
Engage in action that wins victories and builds self-sufficiency.
Doing research is not, in itself, a goal.
Research is only a method to achieve these broader goals.”
----Randy Stoecker, 2003
Stoecker R. ‘Are Academicians Irrelevant?’ Approaches and roles for scholars in community based participatory research. In Minkler M, Wallerstein N. editors. Community Based participatory Research for Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 2003: (with quote on page 102).
Stoecker R. Research Methods for Community Change: A project-based approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

5. The Spectrum of Research
Researcher Driven
Participatory
Communities & researchers decide about topics, questions, & methods
Power and decision making are shared equally
Communities/ researchers are experts and co-learners
Primary goals are improved health, empowerment & capacity building
Researchers select research topics, questions, & methods
Power and decision making are in researchers’ hands
Researchers are the experts
Primary goal is knowledge production for its own sake

6. Degrees of Community Engagement in Research
No community engagement
Community placed research
Collaboration with community, but researcher driven
CBPR or CBPAR
Secondary data analysis, or basic science
Recruitment from community organization
Community sponsor on researcher defined project
Community involved in all aspects of research

7. References: CBPAR
North American Primary Care Research Group: Responsible Research with Community Policy Statement.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Israel BA, Eng E, Schulz A, Parker E, ed. Methods for Community- Based Participatory Research for Health. 2nd ed. : John Wiley & Sons; 2013.
Minkler M, Wallerstein, N, eds. Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes. 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons; 2008.
Minkler, M, ed. Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare. 3rd edition. US: Rutgers Press; 2012.
Stoecker R. Research Methods for Community Change: A project- based approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2005