What Kinds of Research are Pertinent?
• Health and education research directed at various community populations: impoverished inner-city communities, rural communities, Aboriginal or indigenous communities, etc. • Research designed to improve employment, housing, public safety, nutrition, parenting and child care, among many other topics • International research programs of many kinds • Translational medicine projects that work iteratively between biomedical research institutions and communities of patients • Epidemiological research to understand illnesses and diseases prevalent in the community, the behavioral and environmental causes of these illnesses, and ways to r edu ce the illnesses • Educational program to assess the community needs of youth who are at risk for gang activity, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and criminal activity. What Makes CBPR Projects Successful? A CBPR program must define its goals as ones that the community wants to promote and sustain, and must be feasible for the community and researchers to ca
