CCBRN Dissemination :

Dissertations | Downloadable Findings from the CCBRN


Our community-based research projects are used by our partners in their daily work as part of their larger social change agenda. Community partners determine the most appropriate way for presentation and dissemination of findings. Thus, our work appears in traditional and non-traditional forms.

The traditional modes of presentation and dissemination include papers and reports that are used by our partners in a variety of ways. For example our CBR projects have been incorporated into grant proposals or publicity materials, or used as part of ongoing efforts to evaluate programs and better understand the needs of the population being served.

However, our work is also disseminated in non-traditional ways. Examples include articles in newsletters that educate the public about the work of the organization and advocate for political support, or posters for use by our community partners in presentations to potential funders, city officials, and legislators.

Community-based research findings are utilized by community partners in a variety of ways. Some of these ways include identifying best program development and evaluation practices, evaluating programs, assessing needs of communities or clients, elevating the voices of marginalized individuals and groups, and advocating for more resources or greater political power.

The findings of many CBR projects have important internal benefits to organizations but are not for public consumption. In some projects, however, our community partners have given us permission to post summaries of findings or ways in which they have been disseminated. We share some of these here:

Downloadable Findings from the CCBRN:
Study: The Effects of Ritalin on Students with ADHD
Newsletter: El Centro Humanitario
Newsletter: El Centro Humanitario (en espanol)
The Aurora After-School Evaluation Project
Earthwalk
Curriculum Development Project, Mizel Museum, Denver
Assets for Colorado Youth Expect Success Project
Barri Tinkler, PhD student in Curriculum & Instruction: (Build Assets Report)

CCBRN Dissertations:

Dissertations Incorporating Community-Based Research Methodology

Engleman, A. (2007). The Process of Initiating and Facilitating a Youth-Led Program Development and Evaluation Project (Chair: Dr. Cynthia Hazel)

Ann Bruce (2006). An Examination of Factors Facilitating Successful Induction and Training of Volunteer Counselors in a Rape Crisis Program. (Co-chairs: Dr. Toni Linder & Dr. Nick Cutforth)

Tinkler, B. (2005). Establishing a Conceptual Model of Community-Based Research Through Contrasting Case Studies. (Chair: Dr. Nick Cutforth). For weblink go to: http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers2004/tinkler/contents.htm