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On Some Practical Considerations Regarding Community-Based Participatory Research for Addressing Cancer Health Disparities

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There is a consensus about the benefits of community-based participatory research and the important role it can play in reducing cancer health disparities. Although every community-based participatory research project is unique in many ways, several fundamental issues deserve consideration. We discuss issues concerning community representation, possible tensions within community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects, and staffing CBPR projects. Flexibility, open-mindedness, transparency, and above all, caring, are characteristics that best ensure successful and rewarding outcomes.

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  1. Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, GA, 31207-0001, USA

    Brad Lian

  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Connie L. Kohler

  3. Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30458, USA

    Levi Ross

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Lian, B., Kohler, C.L. & Ross, L. On Some Practical Considerations Regarding Community-Based Participatory Research for Addressing Cancer Health Disparities. J Canc Educ 31, 207–211 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-014-0782-z

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