Structural Community Governance

Importance for Community‐Academic Research Partnerships

Bibliographic Data

ID11054510
AuthorsShannon Sanchez‐youngman (0000-0002-5159-8490, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA, corresponding author), Blake Boursaw (0000-0001-9432-8987, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA), John Oetzel (0000-0003-3188-776X, University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand), Sara Kastellic (National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland OR USA), Carlos Devia (0000-0002-7507-0789, CUNY Graduate Center New York City NY USA), Maia Scarpetta (University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA), Lorenda Belone (0000-0003-3123-4881, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA), Nina Wallerstein (0000-0002-1969-0799, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA)
Year2021
Volume67
Issue3-4
Pages271-283
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12505
PMID33890308
OpenAlexW3152991316
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited50

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 conceptual and empirical analysis describing multiple dimensions of structural governance in CBPR partnerships. First, we integrate public policy evidence on effective collaborative governance designs with the emerging literature in CBPR to create a conceptual model. Next, we utilize internet surveys of 179 federally funded community engaged research projects to construct and assess a measure of structural governance across multiple dimensions using confirmatory factor analysis. We explore whether antecedent factors such as the stage of the partnership and ethnic composition are associated with these dimensions and we examine associations for each of these components on positive perceptions of community involvement of research and collective empowerment. We develop a robust multidimensional measure of structural governance that is positively associated with perceptions of increased community involvement in research and collective empowerment

Business · Collective efficacy · Community psychology · Conceptual framework · Corporate governance · Empowerment · General partnership · Participatory action research · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology