Table 4.

Dissemination challenges and recommendations

Challenge	Recommendation
Sharing products of partnered work with all stakeholders, particularly with those that will lead to uptake of information or intervention in the community.	Encourage mutual participation in academic and community meetings and open “report backs” to the community; share publications; encourage data dissemination by the funding source; make information available in blogs, web pages, radio programs or newspaper articles.
Difficult to develop innovative strategies to disseminate information on the partnership and partnership process.	Encourage community/academic projects: partnership CD, a bibliography of resources for website, journal dedicated to partnership in research, Power Point presentations for use in both venues.
Challenging to analyze and disseminate data on outcomes of interventions and partnered research efforts to encourage community buy-in.	Build community capacity to analyze and publish findings; create manual with lessons learned from process to standardize steps leading to partnered research and improved outcomes.
Lack of credit given to community participants and lack of input on projects from all partners.	Plan joint presentations and publications for recognition of community and agency support; ensure full co-ownership of data and results.