Community-Academic Partnerships: A Systematic Review of the State of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-214

  Drahota, Amy ^a,b   Meza, Rosemary D ^b,c   Brikho, Brigitte ^a,b   Naaf, Meghan ^a   Estabillo, Jasper A ^b,d   Gomez, Emily D ^a,b   Vejnoska, Sarah F ^b,e   Dufek, Sarah ^f   Stahmer, Aubyn C ^b,g   Aarons, Gregory A ^b,e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; community academic partnership; community based participatory research; research design

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84963976877     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12184     Document Type: Review

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