Identification of Gaps in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Asthma Using a Community-based Participatory Research Approach

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ABSTRACT

The West End Revitalization Association's Community-Owned and -Managed Research Model: Development, Implementation, and Action

“…9,11,14,[67][68][69] To create better health outcomes and sustainable programs, it is essential to have trained CBO boards, staff, and residents lead, own, and manage the research and intervention development processes. 4,70 By having more ownership over the process, CBOs can further empower vulnerable populations to manage the improvement of health and quality of life in their communities, whether it be (1) reduction of environmental exposures, [71][72][73] (2) promotion of better environmental health policies, 13,74,75 (4) improved asthma diagnosis and management, [76][77][78] (5) cessation of smoking among youth, 79 or (6) reduction of health disparities. [80][81][82] We hope that environmental and public health researchers can benefit from a move away from traditional UMRMs toward the COMR approach.…”

The Value and Challenges of Participatory Research: Strengthening Its Practice

“…For academic partners, growing evidence from PR studies employing different designs, methodologies, and methods shows that PR can improve research quality by increasing recruitment and retention rates (60,70,73,79,145), reducing reporting bias (60,70), and reducing measurement error from survey and interview questions that are not culturally aligned (55,70,90). These improvements emerge from nonacademic partners participating directly (e.g., as community researchers) and indirectly (e.g., offering strategic advice) in data collection, which enhances the fit of the research with the implementing context(s) (97).…”

“…Although presently no systematic reviews demonstrate that use of PR is more or less effective than are non-PR approaches for specific inquiries, a review of descriptive and etiological research suggests that PR has moved research forward by balancing scientific standards with social and cultural validity to (a) illuminate prevalence rates of health problems (80,93,116,119); (b) identify needs and priorities of diverse communities of interest (53,77,87,99); and (c) establish causal associations between behavioral risk factors, social and environmental risk conditions, and the health status of vulnerable populations (60,70,73,79,145).…”

Community-Based Participatory Research: A Review of the Literature With Strategies for Community Engagement

“…Community action against asthma represents one prominent example of a CBPR research project among a university, government agencies, and community-based organizations, which focuses on low-income ethnic minority children by working to improve asthma-related health outcomes by reducing household triggers. 40 Community action against asthma conducted a randomized-controlled intervention aimed at reducing children's exposure to multiple common asthma triggers by assigning a "community environmental specialist" to work with a family to make environmental changes to the home. 41 Overall, the intervention had mixed results; children's lung functioning was improved while coughing, unscheduled medical visits, inadequate medication use, allergen concentrations of dogs, and parental depression decreased but there was no effect in reducing child exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, dust allergen concentrations of cockroach and dust mite, and in surface dust loading of allergens.…”