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Aligning systems science and community-based participatory research: A case example of the Community Health Advocacy and Research Alliance (CHARA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2019

Melinda M. Davis ,
Paul Lindberg ,
Suzanne Cross ,
Susan Lowe ,
Rose Gunn  and
Kristen Dillon
Melinda M. Davis*
Affiliation:
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA
Paul Lindberg
Affiliation:
Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA Hat Creek Consulting, Providence Hood River Hospital, United Way-Columbia Gorge, Hood River, OR, USA Community Advisory Council, PacificSource Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization, The Dalles, OR, USA
Suzanne Cross
Affiliation:
Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA Columbia Gorge Health Council, Hood River, OR, USA
Susan Lowe
Affiliation:
Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA Community Advisory Council, PacificSource Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization, The Dalles, OR, USA Clinical Advisory Panel, PacificSource Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization, The Dalles, OR, USA
Rose Gunn
Affiliation:
Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA
Kristen Dillon
Affiliation:
Community Health Advocacy & Research Alliance, Hood River, OR, USA PacificSource Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization, Hood River, OR, USA
*
*Address for correspondence: M. M. Davis, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97233, USA. Email: davismel@ohsu.edu
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Partnered research may help bridge the gap between research and practice. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) supports collaboration between scientific researchers and community members that is designed to improve capacity, enhance trust, and address health disparities. Systems science aims to understand the complex ways human-ecological coupled systems interact and apply knowledge to management practices. Although CBPR and systems science display complementary principles, only a few articles describe synergies between these 2 approaches. In this article, we explore opportunities to utilize concepts from systems science to understand the development, evolution, and sustainability of 1 CBPR partnership: The Community Health Advocacy and Research Alliance (CHARA). Systems science tools may help CHARA and other CBPR partnerships sustain their core identities while co-evolving in conjunction with individual members, community priorities, and a changing healthcare landscape. Our goal is to highlight CHARA as a case for applying the complementary approaches of CBPR and systems science to (1) improve academic/community partnership functioning and sustainability, (2) ensure that research addresses the priorities and needs of end users, and (3) support more timely application of scientific discoveries into routine practice.

Keywords

Community-engaged researchlearning healthcare systemssystems sciencecommunity-based participatory researchnetwork resiliency

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Implementation, Policy and Community Engagement
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Journal of Clinical and Translational Science , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , October 2018 , pp. 280 - 288
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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© The Association for Clinical and Translational Science 2019.
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