CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and aims to combine knowledge with taking actions, including social change, to improve health. CBPR may uncover new reasons for poor control, ways to more effectively address factors correlated with poor control, or develop completely novel clinically or community-based initiatives.

Community-Based Participatory Research from the Margin to the Mainstream: Are Researchers Prepared?

2009

Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH; Mimsie Robinson, MA, MPS; Sarena Seifer, MD