Blake Boursaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 925361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Blake Boursaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Blake |
| FAMILY NAME | Boursaw |
| SIGNATURE | BOURSAW B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9432-8987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A short pragmatic tool for evaluating community engagement
Background: As community-engaged research (CEnR), community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient-engaged research (PEnR) have become increasingly recognized as valued research approaches in the last several decades, there is need for pragmatic and validated tools to assess effective partnering practices that contribute to health and health equity outcomes. This article reports on the co-creation of an actionable pragmatic survey, short…
Community-Engaged Research From a Diné-Centered Perspective
Supported by the University of New Mexico (UNM) Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center, and grounded in a need to advance health equity with tribal communities, a Navajo (Diné) early stage researcher mentored by an experienced Diné mid-career researcher conducted a pilot study with a Diné community advisory research team (CART) and utilized a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach while using a Diné-center…
Evaluating the Translation of Research Evidence Into Practice and Policy for Behavioral Health Equity
The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center for Advancing Behavioral Health partners with community leaders to translate research evidence into practice and policy for behavioral health equity. Equity-oriented research centers such as the TREE Center present evaluation challenges and, correspondingly, offer rich opportunities for enhancing understandings of both effective evaluation strategies and the multi-dimensional imp…
Covid-19 Mitigation Policies, Politics, and Structural Vulnerability in the United States
During the early months of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, the distribution of morbidity and mortality starkly reflected preexisting social determinants of health. Socially vulnerable racial and ethnic populations endured not only the highest number of cases and death rates, but the earliest age mortality. In addition, early government responses to COVID-19 pandemic varied at the state level, while the federal government failed to take immediate poli…
Community Resilience to Covid-19 Among Under-Resourced Black, Indigenous and Latinx Populations
The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered important patterns of structural inequities and their impact on health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Native Americans, Latinxs, and African Americans are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized and die, but are less likely to be tested and vaccinated. Environmental and social vulnerabilities partially explain these disparate impacts while an underfunded and fragmented …
Improving Health and Reducing Chronic Disease Disparities with Latinx Communities
The social determinants of perinatal maternal distress
This pilot study examined associations between prenatal individual and socioenvironmental determinants of health and symptoms of perinatal maternal distress (PMD) in women enrolled in midwifery practice and living in a rural state. Pearson's correlations between prenatal predictors and PMD scores were calculated. Having experienced emotional abuse in one's lifetime, total number of past year stressors, and everyday discrimination score were all s…
Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research
The CBPR Conceptual Model identifies key theoretical mechanisms for explaining health equity and health outcomes in community-academic partnerships. The scholarly literature's preoccupation with synergy and relationships overlooks two promising practices-Structural Governance and Collective Empowerment-that interact from contexts through mechanisms to influence outcomes. These results also expand expectations beyond a "one size fits all" for reli…
Social support protects against symptoms of anxiety and depression
Social support protects against perceived stress and its harmful effects on psychological well-being. College students in general are at high risk for mental health disorders, and Latinx college students face unique stressors placing them at greater risk of psychological distress. Social support may be a key construct in improving outcomes for college students; however, few studies have empirically tested whether the protective effect of social s…
Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Self-Evaluation
Although engaging in a comprehensive self-evaluation requires substantial investment from stakeholders, such assessments have significant value because they enable partners to reflect on the mission and values of the partnership, explore the history and context for its existence, identify factors that have contributed to outcomes, and plan strategically for the future
Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Self-Evaluation
Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can effectively address health disparities among groups that are historically difficult to reach, disadvantaged, of a minority status, or are otherwise underrepresented in research. Recent research has focused on the science of CBPR partnership constructs and on developing and testing tools for self-evaluation. Because CBPR requires substantial investment in human and material resources, s…
Scales of Practices and Outcomes for Community‐Engaged Research
Despite the growth of research on community‐engaged research (CEnR), recent reviews suggest there has been limited development of validated scales to measure key contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes, impairing testing and refinement of theoretical models. The purpose of this study is to present the psychometric properties of scales from the Engage for Equity (E2) project, stemming from a long‐term research partnership examining community‐engaged re…
Structural Community Governance
Community based participatory research (CBPR) emphasizes democratic knowledge production and joint action between academics and communities to promote health equity through multilevel interventions. While much scholarship has expressed a commitment to collaboration between researchers and communities, effective methods of structural governance between community and academic stakeholders is under explored. We fill this gap by presenting a conceptu…
Engage for Equity
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships exist as complex, dynamic relationships that incorporate shared decision that supports trust development between communities and academics. Within CBPR, the interest in understanding the concept of trust has grown with the realization that, without trust, CBPR relationships fracture. A barrier to monitoring the trust health of a partnership is the lack of a shared operationalization of th…
Engage for Equity
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and community-engaged research have been established in the past 25 years as valued research approaches within health education, public health, and other health and social sciences for their effectiveness in reducing inequities. While early literature focused on partnering principles and processes, within the past decade, individual studies, as well as systematic reviews, have increasingly documented …
Engage for Equity
We developed a set of four community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership tools aimed at supporting community–academic research partnerships in strengthening their research processes, with the ultimate goal of improving research outcomes. The aim of this article is to describe the tools we developed to accomplish this goal: (1) the River of Life Exercise; (2) a Partnership Visioning Exercise; (3) a personalized Partnership Data Report …
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable…
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable Tools Abigail L. Reese, CNM, PhD, Marcelo M. Hanza, MS, Adeline Abbenyi, BS, Christine Formea, PharmD, Sonja J. Meiers, PhD, Julie A. Nigon, BA, Ahmed Osman, BS, Miriam Goodson, MS, Jane W. Njeru, MB, ChB, Blake Boursaw, MS, Elizabeth Dickson, PhD, …
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable…
Our experience indicates that collective reflection is empowering for members of established partnerships, which can be facilitated by engagement in self-evaluation through the use of adapted, available tools. The incorporation of participatory processes adds complexity, but leads to a level of resonance and usefulness that would not have been obtained from a traditional evaluation
Place as a predictor of health insurance coverage
Neighborhood Housing Investments and Violent Crime in Seattle, 1981–2007
Despite significant advances in the study of neighborhoods and crime, criminologists have paid surprisingly less attention to the extralocal forces that shape violence. To address this issue, we draw on an emerging body of work that stresses the role of home mortgage lending—a resource secured via interaction with external actors—in reducing neighborhood violence and extend it by addressing concerns that the lending–violence relationship is spuri…
Chronic Malnutrition Among Overweight Hispanic Children
Neighborhood Housing Investments and Violent Crime in Seattle, 1981–2007
Despite significant advances in the study of neighborhoods and crime, criminologists have paid surprisingly less attention to the extralocal forces that shape violence. To address this issue, we draw on an emerging body of work that stresses the role of home mortgage lending—a resource secured via interaction with external actors—in reducing neighborhood violence and extend it by addressing concerns that the lending–violence relationship is spuri…
Scales of Practices and Outcomes for Community‐Engaged Research
Despite the growth of research on community‐engaged research (CEnR), recent reviews suggest there has been limited development of validated scales to measure key contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes, impairing testing and refinement of theoretical models. The purpose of this study is to present the psychometric properties of scales from the Engage for Equity (E2) project, stemming from a long‐term research partnership examining community‐engaged re…
Structural Community Governance
Community based participatory research (CBPR) emphasizes democratic knowledge production and joint action between academics and communities to promote health equity through multilevel interventions. While much scholarship has expressed a commitment to collaboration between researchers and communities, effective methods of structural governance between community and academic stakeholders is under explored. We fill this gap by presenting a conceptu…
Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Self-Evaluation
Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can effectively address health disparities among groups that are historically difficult to reach, disadvantaged, of a minority status, or are otherwise underrepresented in research. Recent research has focused on the science of CBPR partnership constructs and on developing and testing tools for self-evaluation. Because CBPR requires substantial investment in human and material resources, s…
Place as a predictor of health insurance coverage
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable…
Our experience indicates that collective reflection is empowering for members of established partnerships, which can be facilitated by engagement in self-evaluation through the use of adapted, available tools. The incorporation of participatory processes adds complexity, but leads to a level of resonance and usefulness that would not have been obtained from a traditional evaluation
Chronic Malnutrition Among Overweight Hispanic Children
Neighborhood Housing Investments and Violent Crime in Seattle, 1981–2007
Despite significant advances in the study of neighborhoods and crime, criminologists have paid surprisingly less attention to the extralocal forces that shape violence. To address this issue, we draw on an emerging body of work that stresses the role of home mortgage lending—a resource secured via interaction with external actors—in reducing neighborhood violence and extend it by addressing concerns that the lending–violence relationship is spuri…
Place as a predictor of health insurance coverage
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable…
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable Tools Abigail L. Reese, CNM, PhD, Marcelo M. Hanza, MS, Adeline Abbenyi, BS, Christine Formea, PharmD, Sonja J. Meiers, PhD, Julie A. Nigon, BA, Ahmed Osman, BS, Miriam Goodson, MS, Jane W. Njeru, MB, ChB, Blake Boursaw, MS, Elizabeth Dickson, PhD, …
The Development of a Collaborative Self-Evaluation Process for Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Using the Community-Based Participatory Research Conceptual Model and Other Adaptable…
Our experience indicates that collective reflection is empowering for members of established partnerships, which can be facilitated by engagement in self-evaluation through the use of adapted, available tools. The incorporation of participatory processes adds complexity, but leads to a level of resonance and usefulness that would not have been obtained from a traditional evaluation
Engage for Equity
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships exist as complex, dynamic relationships that incorporate shared decision that supports trust development between communities and academics. Within CBPR, the interest in understanding the concept of trust has grown with the realization that, without trust, CBPR relationships fracture. A barrier to monitoring the trust health of a partnership is the lack of a shared operationalization of th…
Engage for Equity
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and community-engaged research have been established in the past 25 years as valued research approaches within health education, public health, and other health and social sciences for their effectiveness in reducing inequities. While early literature focused on partnering principles and processes, within the past decade, individual studies, as well as systematic reviews, have increasingly documented …
Engage for Equity
We developed a set of four community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership tools aimed at supporting community–academic research partnerships in strengthening their research processes, with the ultimate goal of improving research outcomes. The aim of this article is to describe the tools we developed to accomplish this goal: (1) the River of Life Exercise; (2) a Partnership Visioning Exercise; (3) a personalized Partnership Data Report …
Social support protects against symptoms of anxiety and depression
Social support protects against perceived stress and its harmful effects on psychological well-being. College students in general are at high risk for mental health disorders, and Latinx college students face unique stressors placing them at greater risk of psychological distress. Social support may be a key construct in improving outcomes for college students; however, few studies have empirically tested whether the protective effect of social s…
Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Self-Evaluation
Although engaging in a comprehensive self-evaluation requires substantial investment from stakeholders, such assessments have significant value because they enable partners to reflect on the mission and values of the partnership, explore the history and context for its existence, identify factors that have contributed to outcomes, and plan strategically for the future
Outcomes of a Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership Self-Evaluation
Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can effectively address health disparities among groups that are historically difficult to reach, disadvantaged, of a minority status, or are otherwise underrepresented in research. Recent research has focused on the science of CBPR partnership constructs and on developing and testing tools for self-evaluation. Because CBPR requires substantial investment in human and material resources, s…
Scales of Practices and Outcomes for Community‐Engaged Research
Despite the growth of research on community‐engaged research (CEnR), recent reviews suggest there has been limited development of validated scales to measure key contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes, impairing testing and refinement of theoretical models. The purpose of this study is to present the psychometric properties of scales from the Engage for Equity (E2) project, stemming from a long‐term research partnership examining community‐engaged re…
Structural Community Governance
Community based participatory research (CBPR) emphasizes democratic knowledge production and joint action between academics and communities to promote health equity through multilevel interventions. While much scholarship has expressed a commitment to collaboration between researchers and communities, effective methods of structural governance between community and academic stakeholders is under explored. We fill this gap by presenting a conceptu…
The social determinants of perinatal maternal distress
This pilot study examined associations between prenatal individual and socioenvironmental determinants of health and symptoms of perinatal maternal distress (PMD) in women enrolled in midwifery practice and living in a rural state. Pearson's correlations between prenatal predictors and PMD scores were calculated. Having experienced emotional abuse in one's lifetime, total number of past year stressors, and everyday discrimination score were all s…
Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research
The CBPR Conceptual Model identifies key theoretical mechanisms for explaining health equity and health outcomes in community-academic partnerships. The scholarly literature's preoccupation with synergy and relationships overlooks two promising practices-Structural Governance and Collective Empowerment-that interact from contexts through mechanisms to influence outcomes. These results also expand expectations beyond a "one size fits all" for reli…
A short pragmatic tool for evaluating community engagement
Background: As community-engaged research (CEnR), community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient-engaged research (PEnR) have become increasingly recognized as valued research approaches in the last several decades, there is need for pragmatic and validated tools to assess effective partnering practices that contribute to health and health equity outcomes. This article reports on the co-creation of an actionable pragmatic survey, short…
Community-Engaged Research From a Diné-Centered Perspective
Supported by the University of New Mexico (UNM) Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center, and grounded in a need to advance health equity with tribal communities, a Navajo (Diné) early stage researcher mentored by an experienced Diné mid-career researcher conducted a pilot study with a Diné community advisory research team (CART) and utilized a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach while using a Diné-center…
Evaluating the Translation of Research Evidence Into Practice and Policy for Behavioral Health Equity
The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center for Advancing Behavioral Health partners with community leaders to translate research evidence into practice and policy for behavioral health equity. Equity-oriented research centers such as the TREE Center present evaluation challenges and, correspondingly, offer rich opportunities for enhancing understandings of both effective evaluation strategies and the multi-dimensional imp…
Covid-19 Mitigation Policies, Politics, and Structural Vulnerability in the United States
During the early months of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, the distribution of morbidity and mortality starkly reflected preexisting social determinants of health. Socially vulnerable racial and ethnic populations endured not only the highest number of cases and death rates, but the earliest age mortality. In addition, early government responses to COVID-19 pandemic varied at the state level, while the federal government failed to take immediate poli…
Community Resilience to Covid-19 Among Under-Resourced Black, Indigenous and Latinx Populations
The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered important patterns of structural inequities and their impact on health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Native Americans, Latinxs, and African Americans are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized and die, but are less likely to be tested and vaccinated. Environmental and social vulnerabilities partially explain these disparate impacts while an underfunded and fragmented …
Improving Health and Reducing Chronic Disease Disparities with Latinx Communities
Medicine (15 works) · Political science (14 works) · Public health (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (12 works) · Public relations (12 works) · Community Health and Development (10 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Participatory action research (10 works) · Psychology (10 works)