Chunk #6 — METHODS AND RESULTS — Common Elements of the CPBR approach — 1) Community participation in determining research agenda — Example of application to a PBRN

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The marriage of community-based participatory research and practice-based research networks: can it work? -A Research Involving Outpatient Settings Network (RIOS Net) study.

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At the time of RIOS Net’s formation, a Community Advisory Board (CAB) composed of community residents served by network members was formed. Among its roles, the CAB advises the network Board of Directors on network priorities and on specific network studies. Three members of the CAB are also members of the Board of Directors (BOD), which makes final decisions on network priorities and research projects, and which is otherwise composed of clinicians who are network members.