Partnership Selection and Formation: A Case Study of Developing Adolescent Health Community-Researcher Partnerships in Fifteen U.S. Communities

Abstract

Study findings address a major gap in the community partner research literature. Health researchers and policymakers need an effective partner selection framework whereby community-researcher partnerships can develop a solid foundation to address public health concerns.

A Social Work ‘Academic-in-Residence’?

“… seek opportunities for co-presentation (with agency staff) of papers to conferences;  work with the team, in particular the training and development section, to identify and prioritise other collaborations, Straub et al (2007) refer to partners agreeing on 'deliverables', i.e. concrete items such as drug-related fact-sheets or resource guides.…”

A Comparison of Network-Based Strategies for Screening At-Risk Hispanic/Latino Adolescents and Young Adults for Undiagnosed Asymptomatic HIV Infection

“…Hispanic/Latino adolescents living with HIV/AIDS by neighborhood, gonorrhea cases among Hispanic/Latino adolescents by Zip code), each AMTU determined a specific Hispanic/Latino subgroup that was deemed to be at high risk for HIV to target for the duration of the study. A detailed description of the AMTUs’ use of geographic information system (GIS) mapping and the selection and formation of community partners to identify and engage at-risk adolescents and young adults are described in detail elsewhere (23,24). Eight AMTUs selected young MSM and one AMTU (Baltimore) selected heterosexual adolescent and young adult women for AVT recruitment.…”

The Role of Community Resource Assessments in the Development of 15 Adolescent Health Community-Researcher Partnerships

“…The theoretical model used by this study was an adaptation of Anderson and May's model for transmission dynamics of HIV infection [17][18][19][20] and described in detail along with the study's methodology and infrastructure, by Ziff et al 21 Straub et al 22 describe how community-researcher partnerships were initiated and developed during this data collection process. 22 This research was reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Boards at all 15 local sites and determined to be exempt.…”