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. 2021;15(1):75-83.
doi: 10.1353/cpr.2021.0007.

Lessons Learned in Conducting Community Participatory School-Based Health Research on an American Indian Reservation

Vernon Grant, Blakely Brown, Kari Jo Harris

Lessons Learned in Conducting Community Participatory School-Based Health Research on an American Indian Reservation

Vernon Grant et al. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2021.

Abstract

Background: Describing lessons learned from using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to conduct school-based child health research in a tribal community is an important contribution to the literature.

Objectives: To identify how CBPR principles shaped the process of conducting a school-based child health intervention, and to describe lessons learned.

Methods: The study evaluates how CBPR principles guided a mixed-methods, school-based child health intervention to increase physical activity (PA).

Results: Nine key lessons are identified, associated with CBPR principles.

Conclusions: This information can help researchers understand how to successfully navigate the challenges and opportunities of conducting CBPR-guided research in the context of a small, short-term project, including leadership turnover, multiple Institutional Review Board (IRB)s, and study design approaches amidst schools policy changes. Collectively, understanding the lessons learned through the perspective of CBPR principles may help others conduct meaningful research with schools and children in tribal communities.

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