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Principles of Community Engagement (Second Edition)

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Take-Home Messages<br />

• “Splitting budgets in half” is too blunt a tool for the delicate work <strong>of</strong> building<br />

equal partnerships Exploring more nuanced mechanisms to balance<br />

power between community and academic partners is critical<br />

• Make no assumptions about the capabilities <strong>of</strong> the institution (university<br />

or CBO) or how it functions<br />

• University and CBO partners need to come to agreement on all processes<br />

and timetables that might be involved<br />

• Foster open communication with those affected to maintain organizational<br />

and personal credibility<br />

References<br />

Butterfoss FD Coalitions and partnerships in community health. San Francisco:<br />

Jossey-Bass; 2007<br />

Williams KJ, Gail BP, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Reisz I, Peranteau J Modeling<br />

the principles <strong>of</strong> community-based participatory research in a community<br />

health assessment conducted by a health foundation Health Promotion Practice<br />

2009;10(1):67-75<br />

C. How do you harness the power and knowledge <strong>of</strong> multiple academic medical<br />

institutions and community partners?<br />

Carolyn Leung Rubin, EdD, MA, Doug Brugge, PhD, MS, Jocelyn Chu, ScD, MPH,<br />

Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Jennifer Opp, Alex Pirie, Linda Sprague Martinez,<br />

MA, Laurel Leslie, MD, MPH<br />

Challenge<br />

In some cases, several CTSA sites are clustered in a small geographic area and<br />

thus may be well suited to demonstrating how institutions can overcome competitive<br />

differences and work together for the good <strong>of</strong> their mutual communities<br />

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