Laurie Lachance, Barbara L Brush, Graciela Mentz, Shoou-Yih D Lee, P Paul Chandanabhumma, Chris M Coombe, Ricardo DeMajo, Adena Gabrysiak, Megan Jensen, Angela G Reyes, Zachary Rowe, Amy J Schulz, Eliza Wilson-Powers, Barbara A Israel
Conceptualizing and testing factors that contribute to the success of community-academic partnerships are critical to understanding their contributions to the health and well-being of communities. Most measures to date focus on factors that contribute to the development of new partnerships, and only a few have been adequately tested and validated. Methods. The Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS) study followed a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach and a multiphase process that included the construction and pilot testing of a questionnaire, and a national survey to validate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire in long-standing CBPR partnerships (existing ≥ six years)...
December 11, 2023: Health Education & Behavior