TABLE 1.

Project Features and Partnership Characteristics (n = 179)

Characteristic	n	%
Project initiation
Community partners	6	3
Academic partners	84	47
Both	87	49
Other	2	1
Types of community partners (not mutually exclusive)
Patients or caregivers	86	48
Health care (staff, providers, clinics, systems)	135	75
Community (individuals, associations, organizations)	153	86
Government (local, state, federal, tribal agencies)	89	50
Policy makers	45	25
Nationally based membership associations	21	12
Other community partners	52	29
Stage of partnership by funding type
Early stage (planning grant/pilot or new collaboration)	86	49
Single-project partnership	42	24
Multiple-project partnership	48	27
Primary study type
Pilot	8	5
Descriptive	12	7
Intervention	106	59
Policy	5	3
Dissemination and implementation	22	12
Some other type	26	15
Multilevel intervention study
Yes	56	54
No	48	46
Community advisory board separate from partnership
Yes	94	53
No	85	48
Partnership has formal agreement
Yes	74	42
No	103	58
Project developed evaluation instruments or measures
Yes	85	48
In process	41	23
No/don’t know	52	29
Who approved community participation in research
Individual	52	29
Community advisory board	44	25
Local community agency	53	30
Local government (tribal, health board, public health)	40	22
Local IRB (community or tribal)	50	28
	M	SD
Length of project in years	2.7	2.1
Length of partnership in years	6.0	4.7

Note. IRB = institutional review board.