TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Building an academic-community partnered network for clinical services research: the Community Health Improvement Collaborative (CHIC)
JO  - Ethnicity and disease
A1  - Wells, Kenneth B.
A1  - Staunton, Anne
A1  - Norris, Keith C.
A1  - Bluthenthal, Ricky
A1  - Chung, Bowen
A1  - Gelberg, Lillian
A1  - Jones, Loretta
A1  - Kataoka, Sheryl
A1  - Koegel, Paul
A1  - Miranda, Jeanne
A1  - Mangione, Carol M.
A1  - Patel, Kavita
A1  - Rodriguez, Michael
A1  - Shapiro, Martin
A1  - Wong, Marleen
SP  - S3
EP  - 17
VL  - 16
IS  - 1 Suppl 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Community-based participatory research is recommended for research on health disparities and to improve uptake of clinical research findings. We describe the development of a multicenter consortium designed to support a community agency-academic partner infrastructure to support community-based, health-services research on multiple sources of health and healthcare disparities in local communities. DESIGN: We describe the development of the Los Angeles Community Health Improvement Collaborative (CHIC). RESULTS: The CHIC partners examined the research capacity and health priorities of its partners and developed a research agenda focused on four tracer conditions (depression, violence, diabetes, and obesity) and four areas for development of research capacity: public participation in all phases of research; understanding community and organizational context for clinical services interventions; practical clinical services trial methods; and advancing health information technology for clinical services research. The partners pooled resources to develop these areas for the tracer conditions. CONCLUSIONS: The challenges of a participatory approach to community-based clinical services research go beyond the significant methodologic and operational issues for specific projects and include building a sustainable capacity for research, community programs, and partnership across diverse communities and stakeholder organizations even when funding sources are not fully aligned with these goals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-510X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -