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- Title
Perspectives of Community Co-Researchers About Group Dynamics and Equitable Partnership Within a Community–Academic Research Team.
- Authors
Vaughn, Lisa M.; Jacquez, Farrah; Zhen-Duan, Jenny
- Abstract
Equitable partnership processes and group dynamics, including individual, relational, and structural factors, have been identified as key ingredients to successful community-based participatory research partnerships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the key aspects of group dynamics and partnership from the perspectives of community members serving as co-researchers. Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 Latino immigrant co-researchers from an intervention project with Latinos Unidos por la Salud (LU-Salud), a community research team composed of Latino immigrant community members and academic investigators working in a health research partnership. A deductive framework approach guided the interview process and qualitative data analysis. The LU-Salud co-researchers described relationships, personal growth, beliefs/identity motivation (individual dynamics), coexistence (relational dynamics), diversity, and power/resource sharing (structural dynamics) as key foundational aspects of the community–academic partnership. Building on existing CBPR and team science frameworks, these findings demonstrate that group dynamics and partnership processes are fundamental drivers of individual-level motivation and meaning making, which ultimately sustain efforts of community partners to engage with the research team and also contribute to the achievement of intended research outcomes.
- Subjects
ACADEMIC medical centers; ACTION research; COMMUNITIES; HEALTH attitudes; HEALTH promotion; HISPANIC Americans; TEAMS in the workplace; QUALITATIVE research; GROUP process; RESEARCH personnel; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Health Education & Behavior, 2018, Vol 45, Issue 5, p682
- ISSN
1090-1981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1090198118769374