Table 1. Summary of items removed throughout measure development & validation process–Delphi rounds 1 & 2.

Orig. EP1	New EP2	Delphi Round 1		Delphi Round 2
		# of Items	Items	# of Items	Items
1	1	0	-	0	-
2	-	4	1.) Show appreciation for community time and effort	-	-
			2.) Highlight the community's involvement
			3.) Give credit to community members and others for work
			4.) Value community perspectives
3	-	3	1.) Help community members with problems of their own	-	-
			2.) Get findings and information to community members
			3.) Help community members disseminate information using community publications
4	2	1	1.) Ask community members for input	0	-
5	3	0	-	2	1.) Seek input from all partners at every stage of the process
					2.) Seek help from all partners at every stage of the process
6	4	1	1.) Help community members achieve social, educational, or economic goals	1	1.) Help all partners gain important skills from involvement
7	5	0	-	1	Combined 2 Items into 1 Item:
					1.) Build on strengths within the community/ target population
					2.) Build on resources within the community/ target population
8	6	2	1.) Demonstrate that community members are really needed to do a good job	2	1.) Demonstrate how all partners’ ideas improve the work
			2.) Enable community members to voice disagreements		2.) Make final decisions that reflect the ideas of all partners involved
9	-	1	1.) Demonstrate that community members' ideas are just as important as academics' ideas	-	-
10	7	1	1.) Include community members in plans for sharing findings	1	1.) Share the results of how things turned out with all partners
11	-	3	1.) Make plans for community-engaged activities to continue for many years	-	-
			2.) Make commitments in communities that are long-term
			3.) Want to work with community members for many years
-	8	-	-	0	-
Total		16	-	7	-

¹ EP1: Focus on local relevance and social determinants of health; EP2: Acknowledge the community; EP3: Disseminate findings and knowledge gained to all partners; EP4: Seek and use the input of community partners; EP5: Involve a cyclical and iterative process in pursuit of objectives; EP6: Foster co-learning, capacity building, and co-benefit for all partners; EP7: Build on strengths and resources within the community; EP8: Facilitate collaborative, equitable partnerships; EP9: Integrate and achieve a balance of all partners; EP10: Involve all partners in the dissemination process; EP11: Plan for a long-term process and commitment.

² EP1: Focus on community perspectives and determinants of health; EP2: Partner input is vital; EP3: Partnership sustainability to meet goals and objectives; EP4: Foster co-learning, capacity building, and co-benefit for all partners; EP5: Build on strengths and resources within the community or patient population; EP6: Facilitate collaborative, equitable partnerships; EP7: Involve all partners in the dissemination process; EP8: Build and maintain trust in the partnership.