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Purpose
As part of a
comprehensive American Cancer Society and Kohl’s Department Stores breast health
initiative in the Milwaukee-area, this grant program is intended to
advance the community impact of research addressing
improvements in breast cancer screening and treatment.
The purpose of the CBPR program is to foster collaborative partnerships between
community members, researchers, and the American Cancer Society to develop,
evaluate and disseminate effective interventions and programs designed to reduce
the breast cancer burden, with a special focus on breast cancer health
disparities in the Milwaukee
area.1
CBPR Definition and Principles
Community-based participatory research is defined as “… a collaborative partnership between researchers and community members … (that) engages community members at all phases of research, instilling community ownership of both process and product.” 2
There are nine Principles of CBPR3, which have been listed below:
• Recognizes community as an unit of identity
• Builds on strengths and resources within the community
• Facilitates collaborative, equitable involvement of all partners in all phases of the research
• Integrates knowledge and intervention for mutual benefit of all partners
• Promotes a co-learning and empowering process that attends to social inequalities
• Involves a cyclical and iterative process
• Addresses health from both positive and ecological perspectives
• Disseminates findings and knowledge gained to all partners
• Involves long-term commitment by all partners
1
Arble, B, & Moberg, D P.
(2006). Participatory research in development of public health interventions.
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute: Translating Research into
Policy and Practice, 1(6), Retrieved from
http://uwphi.pophealth.wisc.edu/publications/briefReports/briefReportv01n06.
2 University of
Wisconsin Population Health
Institute,
Translating Research into Policy and Practice, “Participatory Research in Development of Public
Health Interventions”, November 2006 by Bennett Arble and D. Paul Moberg.
2 Israel BA,
Schulz AJ, Parker EA, Becker AB, Allen A, Guzman JR. 2003. Critical issues in
developing and following community-based participatory research principles. In:
Community-Based Participatory Research for Health (Minkler M, Wallerstein N,
eds).
San Francisco, CA:Jossey-Bass, 56–73.
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