This book identifies key concepts of successful community-based research beyond the aspect of location, including prevention focus, population-centered partnerships, multidisciplinary cooperation, and cultural competency. Lessons from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and case studies on HIV/AIDS prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction illustrate the application of research methods with both positive and negative outcomes.

ForewordD. Satcher
Part I: Issues

1. Community-Based Research: An Introduction, D.S. Blumenthal and E. Yancey
2. Assessing and Applying Community-Based Research, C. Evans
3. Public Health Ethics and Community-Based Research: Lessons from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, B. Jenkins, C. Jones, and D.S. Blumenthal
4. The View from the Community, A. Cruz, F. Murphy, N. Nyarko, and D.N.Y. Krall

Part II: Methods

5. Study Designs, Surveys, and Descriptive Studies, N. Asal and L. Beebe
6. Survey Case Study: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, D. Holtzman
7. Qualitative Methods in Community-Based Research, C. Sterk and K. Elifson
8. HIV/AIDS Prevention: Case Study in Qualitative Research, K. Elifson and C. Sterk
9. Community Intervention Trials: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations, R.J. DiClemente, R.A. Crosby, C. Sionean, and D. Holtgrave
10. Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Community Intervention Trials, S.K. Davis