Voices from the community: Key ingredients for community collaboration

Lydia M. Franco, Mary McKay, Ana Miranda, Nealdow Chambers, Angela Paulino, Rita Lawrence

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Abstract

When community members are allowed to participate in the planning and implementation process of a program, they are empowering themselves and their community. The CHAMP Family Program uses a collaborative programming approach with a focus on building the capacities of community members to deliver a family-based HIV prevention program. The CHAMP Program has a Collaborative Board that oversees all aspects of the research project. Using an empowerment framework, this article explores Community Board members' perspectives on their experience in working on CHAMP. Recommendations to researchers in the form of ten key ingredients for community collaboration are presented. The key points primarily focus on building trust with the community, recognizing community strengths, developing skills, building intragroup relations, and involving the community as partners from the beginning to the end.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)313-331
Number of pages19
JournalSocial Work in Mental Health
Volume5
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 May 2007

Keywords

  • Community as partners
  • Community collaboration
  • Community empowerment
  • Family-based HIV prevention program
  • Recognizing and developing community strengths

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