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. 2005 Jun 24;113(10):1463–1471. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7675

Table 1.

Key components of Children’s Centers CBPR partnerships.

Center location
California/Salinasa
New York/East Harlemb
Component CAB IC Maryland Michigan New Jersey BNHC SH Washington
Intervention study design
 Group randomized controlled trial X Xc X X X
 Randomized staggered controlled trial X
Intervention participants Xd
 Predominantly low income X X X X X
 African American X X X
 Latino/Hispanic X X X X
 White non-Hispanic X
Partnership title
 CAB X X X X
 SC X
 Intervention council X
 IPO X
Members/organizational representatives involved in CAB, SC, intervention council, and IPO
 Individual community members X X X X X X
 CBOs X X X X X X
 Faith-based organizations X X
 Local health department X X X X
 Community health center/health personnel X X X X X X
 Hospitals/integrated care systems X X X
 University X X X X
 Other governmental agencies (e.g., schools, social service) X X X X X X
 Business/industry X X X
 Others attend meetings (e.g., staff, faculty) X X X NA X X X
 Other organizationse X X X
No. of board/committee members 8 7 10–14 14–17 5 20 18
Frequency of meetings
 Monthly X X Xf Xg Xh
 Bimonthly X X Xh
 Quarterly Xh
 Semiannually Xi Xh
 Annually X
Location of meetings
 Clinic/medical center in community X X X X X
 Rotate among community partner organizations X X
 Neighborhood school X
Facilitator of meetings
 Project staff X X X
 Researchers/faculty members X X X
 Community members X
 Staff and community member co-facilitate X X
Role of community partners in different stages of research/activities
 Define initial research questions/priorities X X X
 Design/implementation of research/intervention X X X X X X X X
 Development of data collection instruments/protocols X X X X X X X
 Hire staff X X X X X
 Recruitment of participants X X X X X X
 Retention X X X X X X NA
 Review/comment educational and feedback materials X X X X X X X
 Data collection X X X
 Data analysis X
 Data interpretation X X X X
Dissemination
 Review/provide feedback X X X
  Scientific papers X X X
 Co-present professional meetings X X X X
 Co-present community forums/meetings X X X X X
 Co-author journal articles/book chapters X X X X
 Review/comment newsletters/flyers X X X X X X X X
 Input on website development X X
 Evaluation of partnership X X X X
 Development of additional research proposals/projects X X X X X
 Provide entrée/linkages with other community organizations X X X X X
Group processes
 Operating norms/ground rules X X X X X X
 CBPR/guiding principles/core values X X X X X X X
 Dissemination principles X X X X X
 Publication review protocol X NA NA
Community partner compensation for participation
 Honorarium to organizations X
 Honorarium/reimbursement to individuals Xj X X X
 Subcontract for services X X X X
 Percent of administrative overhead X X
 No compensation Xj Xk X
Communication outside of meetings
 Minutes X X X X X
 Mailings X X X X
 E-mail X X X X X
 Fax X X X X X
 Telephone X X X X X X
 In-person meetings X X X X X X
Staff hired from local community
 Field coordinator X X X X
 Interviewers X X X X
 Other data collectors (e.g., home inspection) X X X X
 Intervention staff X X X X

Abbreviations: BNHC, Boriken Neighborhood Health Center; IC, intervention council; IPO, individual partner associations; SH, Settlement Health.

a

Eight-member CAB developed after funding received to be involved in overall center activities. After 3 years, additional IFCs established to advise center on intervention-related activities.

b

Two partnerships were established, one with BNHC at the beginning of the project, and one with SH at the end of the second year, both federally qualified community health centers. The information in this table applies primarily to these two partner organizations. In addition, a CAB composed of 20 active community stakeholders was established by the researchers and two partner organizations and meets semiannually to advise researchers on the translation of results and to provide feedback during the process of the study. Members of the CAB are indicated on the table, but additional information in the table does not apply to the role of the CAB.

c

Over time, under advisement of CAB, control group changed to “treat later” group.

d

The participants are approximately representative of the demographics of the states involved (i.e., New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut).

e

Examples of other organization members include legal assistance, farm bureau, and agricultural commission.

f

Started with monthly meetings for the first 3 years. As recruitment and intervention phase ended, meetings became less frequent.

g

Monthly meetings were recommended but did not occur. Most decisions were made by leaders of the partner organizations on an as-needed basis, via the telephone and face-to-face contact.

h

Started with monthly meetings, after first year moved to bimonthly and subsequently quarterly, then semiannually.

i

Meetings have been on an annual basis with additional feedback provided through subcommittee meetings and one-on-one communications. Meetings currently being conducted semiannually.

j

Honorarium provided for one member who missed work time to attend annual meeting; other members were not compensated for their attendance.

k

Members of the center actively participate in many activities of the community partners, including fund raising activities and multiple presentations to the community partners on topics such as autism, children’s development, and the effects of environmental exposure.