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Are collaboration factors across sites in a CBPR trial related to research process outcomes? The experiences of the Padres Informados/Jovenes Preparados study
Objectives: To describe variability in collaboration factors and organizational characteristics across 7 collaborative sites in the Padres Informados /Jovenes Preparados tobacco and other substance use prevention study, and to identify their association with research process outcomes.
Methods: Research process outcomes were participant characteristics, recruitment success, engagement, and parent and youth attendance. Collaboration factors were collected from a survey of partners and included site level mean scores for perception of trust, study impact, and collaboration success. Partners shared organizational research capacity. We identified site differences in categorical and continuous variables, and tested for associations between collaborative factors and research process outcomes.
Results: For demographic characteristics, variation existed across sites in parental country of birth, parental years in U.S., youth gender, youth age, but these outcomes were not associated with research process outcomes. There was no site variation in trust in collaboration or perception of study impact. Perception of collaboration success was associated with parent attendance and youth attendance across sites. Organizational capacity was higher for sites that did not meet recruitment success criteria.
Conclusions: Variability across sites in collaboration and organizational factors were associated with project implementation success. Multisite CBPR interventions should evaluate and build the quality of the collaboration to achieve successful project implementation.
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programsConduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Describe the importance of quality of collaboration for project success in a multisite participatory trial, and why quality of collaboration may vary across sites.
List measures used in the Padres Informados/Jovenes Preparados study to evaluate quality of collaboration.
Explain how noted variability across sites should be addressed in the participatory and research processes of a multisite participatory trial.
Keyword(s): Cancer Prevention and Screening, Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: NO
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been principal investigator of multiple NIH funded studies regarding promoting positive youth development and preventing tobacco and other substance use for immigrant youth. All studies use CBPR.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.