Eight Years of Building Community Partnerships and Trust: The UCLA Family Medicine Community-Based Participatory Research Experience

摘要: Acknowledging the growing disparities in health and care that exist among immigrant families minority populations large urban communities, UCLA Department of Family Medicine (DFM) sought a leadership role development family medicine training community-based participatory research (CBPR). Performing CBPR requires academic departments build sustainable long-term community partnerships. The authors describe eight-year (2000-2008) process building partnerships trust between DFM Sun Valley community, located Los Angeles County.The used case studies three areas concentration (asthma, diabetes prevention, establishing access to primary care) how they established sustained In preparing each study, an iterative review qualitative data.Many lessons were common across their areas. They included importance (1) having clear concrete benefits, (2) supporting academic-community champion, (3) political advocacy, (4) partnering with diverse organizations, (5) commitment, (6) medical student involvement. found relationship was prerequisite successfully initiate activities asthma school-based screening program, walking groups, one largest clinics United States.Their experience underscores can result benefits high value communities departments.