Engaging the For-Profit Sector in Community-Based Participatory Research: Lessons From the Ground

摘要

Background: Principles of community engagement articulated. by leading governmental public health and research organizations are widely accepted. Academics seeking to partner effectively with communities have a variety of guidelines to access, and resources to assist community-based Organizations (CBOs) exist. However, experiences related to inclusion of nontraditional partners from the for-profit private industry sector, utilizing participatory approaches; are not documented.