Community‐Academic Partnerships: A Systematic Review of theState of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

摘要

Policy Points: class="unordered" style="list-style-type:disc" id="milq12184-list-0001">Communities, funding agencies, and institutions are increasingly involving community stakeholders as partners in research, to provide firsthand knowledge and insight.Based on our systematic review of major literature databases, we recommend using a single term, community‐academic partnership (CAP), and a conceptual definition to unite multiple research disciplines and strengthen the field.Interpersonal and operational factors that facilitate or hinder the collaborative process have been consistently identified, including “trust among partners” and “respect among partners” (facilitating interpersonal factors) and “excessive time commitment” (hindering operational factor).Once CAP processes and characteristics are better understood, theeffectiveness of collaborative partner involvement can betested.