TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-campus partnership in action
T2 - Lessons learned from the dupage county patient navigation collaborative
AU - Samaras, Athena T.
AU - Murphy, Kara
AU - Nonzee, Narissa J.
AU - Endress, Richard
AU - Taylor, Shaneah
AU - Hajjar, Nadia
AU - Bularzik, Rosario
AU - Frankovich, Carmi
AU - Dong, Xinqi
AU - Simon, Melissa A.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Using community-based participatory research (CBPR), the DuPage County Patient Navigation Collaborative (DPNC) developed an academic campus-community research partnership aimed at increasing access to care for underserved breast and cervical cancer patients within DuPage County, a collar county of Chicago. Given rapidly shifting demographics, targeting CBPR initiatives among underserved suburban communities is essential. Objectives: To discuss the facilitating factors and lessons learned in forging the DPNC. Methods: A patient navigation collaborative was formed to guide medically underserved women through diagnostic resolution and if necessary, treatment, after an abnormal breast or cervical cancer screening. Lessons Learned: Facilitating factors included (1) fostering and maintaining collaborations within a suburban context, (2) a systems-based participatory research approach, (3) a truly equitable community-academic partnership, (4) funding adaptability, (5) culturally relevant navigation, and (6) emphasis on co-learning and capacity building. Conclusions: By highlighting the strategies that contributed to DPNC success, we envision the DPNC to serve as a feasible model for future health interventions.
AB - Background: Using community-based participatory research (CBPR), the DuPage County Patient Navigation Collaborative (DPNC) developed an academic campus-community research partnership aimed at increasing access to care for underserved breast and cervical cancer patients within DuPage County, a collar county of Chicago. Given rapidly shifting demographics, targeting CBPR initiatives among underserved suburban communities is essential. Objectives: To discuss the facilitating factors and lessons learned in forging the DPNC. Methods: A patient navigation collaborative was formed to guide medically underserved women through diagnostic resolution and if necessary, treatment, after an abnormal breast or cervical cancer screening. Lessons Learned: Facilitating factors included (1) fostering and maintaining collaborations within a suburban context, (2) a systems-based participatory research approach, (3) a truly equitable community-academic partnership, (4) funding adaptability, (5) culturally relevant navigation, and (6) emphasis on co-learning and capacity building. Conclusions: By highlighting the strategies that contributed to DPNC success, we envision the DPNC to serve as a feasible model for future health interventions.
KW - Community health partnerships
KW - Community health research
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Health disparities
KW - Process issues
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2014.0005
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2014.0005
M3 - Article
C2 - 24859105
AN - SCOPUS:84901203223
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 8
SP - 75
EP - 81
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 1
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