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NATIVE AMERICAN SERVICES TRACK
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTE #3 1:30 PM SATURDAY • DAYTONA 1-2
Culturally Appropriate Community-Based Participatory Research Methods
with an Engaged Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Community
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To describe the key components of an urban community-based participatory research
2. To explain why the community-based participatory research approach is relevant and important in a cultural context
3. To describe specific examples of strategies utilized for conducting community-based participatory research within
an Urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) community setting
4. How to utilize community-based participatory research data for continuous quality improvement
5. To implement approaches for interagency collaboration and stakeholder involvement
This Institute will focus on sharing culturally responsive strategies utilized for conducting community-based
participatory research with an Urban AI/AN community. This approach involves employing community engagement
strategies with a focus on culture to facilitate the development of local evaluation studies, continuous quality
improvement efforts, and strategies for interagency collaboration and stakeholder involvement.
The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on experience in implementing the Portland, Oregon metro
area Nak-Nu-Wit system of care. System of care leaders and evaluators will share approaches to evaluation, quality
improvement, stakeholder engagement, and interagency partnerships to support the provision of culturally appropriate
services and supports. Concrete strategies for carrying out these activities will be shared to guide other communities in
implementing similar approaches.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Community-Based participatory research
• Strategies for creating local evaluation studies
• Community engagement in research processes
• Continuous quality improvement strategies
• Approaches for collaboration across agencies
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in conversations regarding how they may implement the communitybased
participatory research approach within their own communities. The faculty team will offer the perspectives of a
youth and her mother, both of whom have been involved in leadership roles in the Nak-Nu-Wit Evaluation Advisory
Committee. The perspectives of a system of care leader, clinical supervisor, and evaluators are also included on the
faculty team.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Linda Frizzell, Ph.D., Principal Investigator/Project Director, Northwest Portland
Area Indian Health Board, Portland, OR
Jerrilyn Couturier, Portland, OR
Raven Couturier, Portland, OR
Danielle Droppers, M.S.W., Evaluation Project Manager, Regional Research Institute, Portland State University,
Portland, OR
Eleanor Gil-Kashiwabara, Psy.D., Research Assistant Professor, Regional Research Institute for Human Services,
Portland State University, Portland, OR
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