Sponsor
The Men’s SSP project was funded by National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) grant H133G070190. The Partnering project was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) under Cooperative Agreement U01DD000231 to the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD). The award was made to the University of Montana. The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views and policies of CDC, NCBDDD, NIDDR, nor AUCD. The grants did not provide project assistance beyond research funding.
Published In
Psychological Trauma
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
11-2021
Subjects
Autism -- Research -- Citizen Participation, Autism, Neurodiversity, Interpersonal Violence, CBPR
Abstract
Objective: This article describes the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to foster bidirectional and equitable academic-community partnerships in two studies related to interpersonal violence and disability. Method: We analyzed our methods and experiences in conducting these studies to focus on the ways in which CBPR methodology was used to jointly promote and enhance research and advocacy surrounding violence and disability in the research processes themselves and the resulting assessment and intervention products. Results: Our use of CBPR methodology allowed us to identify and address critical issues related to violence in the disability community, such as disability-related forms and experiences of violence, concerns and barriers linked to mandated reporting laws, and inaccessible measures and interventions, and to address them in research products. Additionally, our bidirectional academic-community partnerships led us to address overall accessibility of the research process itself as a means by which to amplify advocate voices in science. Conclusions: Full, meaningful, and equitable participation of people with disabilities at every stage of the research process allows for the creation of partnerships that jointly advance research and advocacy around violence and disability.
Rights
Copyright: © 2021 The authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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DOI
10.1037/tra0001135
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36703
Citation Details
Lund EM, Hughes RB, McDonald KE, Leotti S, Katz MR, Beers LM, Nicolaidis C. Creating academic-community partnerships to jointly enhance advocacy and research on violence and disability: Two case examples. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001135
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NOTICE: this is the author’s final version of a work that was accepted for publication in the journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as editing, corrections, formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. The final, formatted version of this paper is available: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001135