CONFERENCE TRACKS

Some suggestions for topical areas within each track are provided to assist with proposal development. You are not limited to these suggestions; however, abstracts must address the general conference theme of CBCR and social justice and at least one of the three conference tracks. Proposals should be grounded in experiences of collaboration among researchers, community activists, advocates, and/or artists in the development of relevant scientific questions, theories and research designs for the goal of positive social change. They should also incorporate critical reflection that promotes greater understanding and innovative ideas for further research collaboration.

Track 1: Identifying and addressing social inequities and disparities, including their root causes, including but not limited to:

• CBCR to examine and respond to structural/root causes of disparities in health, criminal justice, education, the environment, and economic development.
• Effective collaborations between scientists and community advocates/representatives that create change promoting social justice.
• Identifying and addressing challenges of CBCR for social justice.
• Social dynamics of CBCR partnerships and relationships, and negotiating power differentials to address inequities/disparities through CBCR.
• CBCR to remedy or minimize inequitable responses to natural disasters.
• Building theories of structural causes of disparities that synthesize scientific and community knowledge and perspectives.
• Cutting-edge uses of CBCR to develop multi-level, structural, mixed method, Participatory Action Research and other innovative intervention approaches to reduce inequities.
• Community partnerships in the design and conduct of clinical trials.
• Ethical considerations in using CBCR to address inequities.
• Applying research technologies, such as GIS, social network analysis and qualitative methods to examine, build and test responses to social and health disparities.

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Track 2:  Use of CBCR to translate science into practice and action in diverse communities, including but not limited to:

• Implications and challenges of replicating “evidence-based” interventions and “best practices” in other contexts.
• Politics and power issues in translating successful interventions from one location/group to another, including decisions about adaptation, implementation and evaluation design.
• Identifying and reconciling competing experiences, “knowledge” and viewpoints in the translation process.
• Challenges of maintaining fidelity to the tested model while building culturally- and community-appropriate interventions that respond to community needs.
• Experiences replicating federally selected evidence-based programs, such as the CDC’s “Dissemination of Evidence-Based Interventions” (DEBIs) for HIV prevention, SAMHSA, U.S. Dept of Education, and OJJDP programs for youth risk prevention, and others.
• Ethical considerations in designing, funding, implementing, translating and disseminating science-based products and programs through CBCR.
• Community initiated models for intervention science.

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Track 3:  Integrating artistic and cultural expression with research and dissemination, including but not limited to:

• Examples of collaborations among artists, researchers and communities to highlight social and cultural injustices and to promote a vision of social justice.
• Creative and artistic research-based narrative, performance, and visual work designed to give voice to disempowered or disadvantaged communities.
• Examination of the multiple ways that artistic and cultural expression interface with research efforts to determine social justice issues, conduct research, disseminate results, and/or generate action strategies.
• Examples of development and negotiation of effective and mutual collaborations between artists and researchers in response to social justice concerns.
• Illustrations of research methods such as narrative interviewing, photography, and mapping that artists can use to deepen artistic/cultural representation.
• Use of CBCR to identify, develop, support, and preserve artistic and cultural representation.

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