Table 2. Project and Partnership Descriptions.
Research topic/community | Community Scholars (No.)1 | Faculty partners/training | Community agencies | Research phase2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Intimate partner violence /Hmong | 2 | 1 family therapy | Hmong agency | Implementation |
Childhood obesity/Latino | 2 | 1 public health | Latino agency | Implementation |
HIV among women/Somali | 1 | 1 psychology | Somali agency | Implementation |
Exercise for elders/Hmong | 2 | 1 nursing | Hmong agency | Preparation |
Youth resiliency/Latino | 1 | 1 family medicine | Latino agency | Preparation |
Cancer screening among women/Somali | 1 | 1 public health | Somali agency | Preparation |
Youth mental health/Somali | 1 | 1 sociology | None | Pre-preparation |
Four community scholars left the program, 1 early, 1 midway and 2 at the end of the project evaluation period.
Implementation = acquired grant support and initiated research; preparation = forming partnership, developing a research project and competing for funding; pre- preparation = partnership did not develop.