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creators_name: Silvestre, AJ
creators_name: Quinn, SJ
creators_name: Rinaldo, CR
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title: A 22-year-old community advisory board: Health research as an opportunity for social change
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divisions: sch_gsph_infectiousdiseasesmicrobiology
full_text_status: public
abstract: Conducting health research often requires a partnership between marginalized communities and researchers. Community organizers can broker this partnership in a way that not only produces important scientific discoveries but also brings needed resources to the communities. This article is a description of a community advisory board established in 1984 to advise researchers on a longitudinal study of the natural history of AIDS among gay men. The Board successfully guided the recruitment of more than 3,000 gay and bisexual male volunteers and, at the same time worked as a powerful change agent. An analysis of minutes from all board meetings between 1984 and 2006 indicates that significant social change as well as important research findings resulted from board actions. Community organizers who work to create a mutually beneficial partnership between communities and researchers may find new opportunities to support community growth and social justice. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
date: 2010-01-01
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Community Practice
volume: 18
number: 1
pagerange: 58 - 75
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1070-5422
centers: cen_other_lgbthealth
id_number: 10.1080/10705421003766685
pmcid: PMC2879669
pmid: 20523763
citation:   Silvestre, AJ and Quinn, SJ and Rinaldo, CR  (2010) A 22-year-old community advisory board: Health research as an opportunity for social change.  Journal of Community Practice, 18 (1).  58 - 75.  ISSN 1070-5422     
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