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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2009 Oct;84(10):1426–1433. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b6c16a

Table 2.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)–Sun Valley Partnered and Participatory Research Priority Areas and Participating Community Partners by Degree of Community Participation

Community research priority areas Academic partner
Public and community partners
Degree of participation†
UCLA DFM* LAUSD* LAC-DHS* LAC CHC* Rotary club Faith-based group* Parent groups Local political office(s)*
Asthma screening X X X X Moderate
Diabetes prevention (walking groups) X X X X X High
Access to new primary care clinic X X X X X X Low
*

UCLA DFM indicates University of California, Los Angeles Department of Family Medicine; LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District; LAC-DHS, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services; LAC CHC, Los Angeles County Community Health Coalition; faith-based group, local Catholic church and regional Catholic nurse ministries; local political office(s), Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Supervisors Office.

†

Degree of community participation based on fundamentals of community-based participatory research. Source: Minkler M, Wallerstein N, eds. Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass Publishers; 2003.