@article{b3429f69cf324e2bab56209e079b9924,
title = "Community Advisory Board Members{\textquoteright} Perspectives Regarding Opportunities and Challenges of Research Collaboration",
abstract = "This case study examines the perspectives of rural community advisory board (CAB) members regarding the opportunities and challenges of partnering with academic investigators on funded research. We used a sequential exploratory design to evaluate the phenomena. Qualitative and quantitative data from CAB members were integrated to gain better understanding. Results showed that CAB members valued professional networking and gaining new evidence-based knowledge to enhance their professional practices. They identified rurality, the academic research process, and fulfilling research roles as the most significant challenges. CAB members also believed that strong community-based leaders had been essential in promoting and sustaining a shared vision for evidence-based research solutions to their community problem. Self-evaluation is essential for effective CAB research partnerships, and nurse researchers can strengthen these collaborations by (a) providing continuing education on research and evidence-based practices, (b) assuring that perceived benefits of CAB participation outweigh perceived challenges, and (c) supporting community-based leadership.",
keywords = "collaborations, community advisory board, community-based participatory research, evaluation",
author = "Cramer, {Mary E} and Stephen Lazoritz and Ken Shaffer and Palm, {David W} and Ford, {Amy L.}",
note = "Funding Information: Approximately 6 months after formation, the Board applied for and received seed grant funding from the State Office of Rural Health. A portion of the funding was devoted to educational trainings, marketing and community outreach, and general meeting expenses (i.e., lunch, snacks, drinks, materials). The two consumers on the Board were offered US$50 per meeting to attend. No other Board members were reimbursed for meeting attendance. Another portion was used to develop and implement a new training program for community health workers on the topic of prenatal health coaching. At the end of the first year, the Board cosponsored a day-long workshop for all community health workers in the state using the new prenatal health coaching curricula. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Rural Health, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, Fund for Quality and Efficient Healthcare. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0193945917697229",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "40",
pages = "1032--1048",
journal = "Western Journal of Nursing Research",
issn = "0193-9459",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "7",
}