TABLE 1—

Articles in Literature Review Discussing The Meaning of the Belmont Principles in Community-Based Participatory Research

Principle	Citations, No.a
Community autonomy	30
Respect for community needs, interests, values, strengths, culture	25
Joint interpretation of findings and dissemination of results	7
Voluntary community participation in research	5
Respect for dignity and recognition of worth	5
Social and community justice	18
Burden of participation and research benefits should be equitably and fairly distributed in community	7
Community benefits should be prioritized	7
Negotiation of compromises between community partners and researchers	3
Justice for all people	2
Community beneficence	17
Risk and benefits should be evaluated for community researchers and community at large	14

Note. The 1979 Belmont Report outlined 3 ethical principles for biomedical research: autonomy, beneficence, and justice.³ Only articles that explicitly mentioned either autonomy, beneficence, or justice as components of ethical community-based participatory research are included in this table.

^aTwo articles by Macaulay et al.,^37,38 which report on similar features of the same study, are tallied as 1 article.