An extension of this partnership leads to new views about community benefit from research. Traditionally, researchers have felt that the potential for individual and group benefits from the research and its findings were sufficient, both ethically and practically. Some communities, however, have increasingly come to view the balance of benefits that the researcher receives (grant and salary funding, publications, career advancement) and those that the subject and community receive (often distant or minimal gain from the study procedures) as exploitative, particularly when one considers the risk that individuals or communities may assume. A new conceptualization of benefits to the community is thus called for, to include actions such as those described in item 5 (above). This new balance of benefits requires advance planning by the researcher, often together with the community, to assure delivery and funding.
