Table 4.

Challenges to Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Capacity Development

Concept	Representative Quotes
Perceptions that CBPR is an “add on” to whatever else the organization is already doing.	This [CBPR] is new for us and at this time we do not have the resources for it.
	There is a growing interest [in CPBR]. I have neither pushed hard enough for the expansion on this topic nor has funding allowed a full launch program staff wide.
	We are a small organization with limited staff which makes our ability to significantly dedicate our time to CBPR program.
	[A challenge is] at the organizational level–getting partners and funders engaged and committed to CBPR activities.
	I think the president/CEO of [org X] is very interested in promoting CBPR, but as [s/he] is so busy and pulled in many different directions, [s/he] cannot be as involved in the actual implementation of CBPR projects.
Fiscal issues	External economic circumstances might affect [our organization’s] ability to more effectively implement the Action Plan. Due to state unpaid obligations to vendors for the past year and a half and the state budget crisis [our] members suffer extreme hardship and they are often unable to pay their staff, which aggravates the situation even more. This situation absolutely impacts the agencies’ ability to get engaged in additional tasks and projects.

CEO, chief executive office.