Seeking CBPR projects with policy impacts

*please excuse cross-postings

Dear Colleague,

Do you know of a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) project that
has impacted on or attempted to influence public policy in health or
related areas on the local, regional, state, or national levels?
Meredith Minkler and colleagues at UC-Berkeley School of Public Health are
interested in considering projects for possible inclusion in a multi-site
case study of 8-10 such projects in the U.S.

Please send on any contact information or descriptions/abstracts on
projects that both fit CBPR criteria (equitable community involvement in
research, capacity building, and action as an integral part of the research
process) and have attempted to impact on public policy to Meredith Minkler
(mink@uclink.berkeley.edu) or Vicky Breckwich Vasquez
(vbv@uclink.berkeley.edu).

For CCPH's newly released policy guidebook for CBPR researchers,
authored by CCPH Fellow Cassandra Ritas, visit
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/2002fellows-ritas.html

For more CBPR resources, visit:
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/commbas.html

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