1. OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT: A MODEL FOR RECIPROCAL EMPOWERMENT Dinah Ramirez, RN Barbara Akpan, RN, MS Margaret Davis, RN, MSN, FNP George Smith, MPH

2. TRADITIONAL RESEARCH Limited partnerships Limited sharing of resources

3. EXAMPLES OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH RESOURCES Research expertise Language Familiarity with academic environment Data collection & analysis Grant writing

4. EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH RESOURCES Language Service provider Network of community-based organizations Familiarity with physical environment

5. UIC CPHHD COMMUNITY-INVESTIGATOR COLLABORATION

6. PRE-UIC CPHHD

7. CPHHD Year 1

8. CPHHD Year 2

9. CPHHD Year 3

10. EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS

11. BENEFITS TO UIC CPHHD Better research intervention tools Trained facilitators Mammography facility analysis tool Proposal for a navigation system Identified other study areas Information

12. BENEFITS TO COMMUNITY Focus groups Town hall meetings Walkathons Conferences & support groups Translatable skills Capacity building Information

13. Researchers become fully engaged with the community and the community fully engaged in research.

14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Other CPHHD Community Advisory Committee Members contributing to this work include P. Bowman, PhD, C. Ferrans, PhD, A. Giachello, PhD, V. Martinez, JD, R. B. Warnecke, PhD, and M. Willis, MS, RN.