Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

"To be effective, researchers need feedback from the community about its needs," says Dr. Carol Horowitz of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. "It is important that community groups be clear about their priorities. It's really common sense," she says. "Don't go into a community to fix something unless you've asked them what they need. You can't fix people—you have to work with people."

Reports, Tools, and Fact Sheets:

Resource	Organization	Description
Creating Partnerships Improving Health: The Role of Community Based Participatory Research	DHHS	Report

Web sites:
Active for Life®
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Dept. of Health and Human Services(DHHS)