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taining an emotional connection over the phone and were concerned when participants were nonresponsive. This article discusses how the training was piloted and adapted for practice.

Substantial evidence supports community health workers' (CHWs) contributions to improving health and reducing inequities. Common evaluation indicators can strengthen the evidence base and support the profession.

We describe the development of a 6-year community-academic partnership to identify common CHW process and outcome indicators.

Methods include interviews, focus groups and a survey conducted in Michigan, a Summit in Oregon, consultations at national conferences, and regular conference calls.

Using popular education as a primary strategy, we have honed our original goal, identified a set of 20 recommended constructs, developed a national constituency with international connections, and obtained dedicated funding.

Participatory identification, development, and uptake of a set of common indicators (CI) for CHW practice will allow data to be aggregated at multiple levels, potentially leading to more sustainable financing of CHW programs. Given that measurement drives practice, a set of common CHW indicators can help to preserve the flexibility and integrity of the CHW role.

Participatory identification, development, and uptake of a set of common indicators (CI) for CHW practice will allow data to be aggregated at multiple levels, potentially leading to more sustainable financing of CHW programs. Given that measurement drives practice, a set of common CHW indicators can help to preserve the flexibility and integrity of the CHW role.

Marginalized populations experience health-harming legal needs-barriers to good health that require legal advocacy to overcome. check details Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) embed lawyers into the healthcare team to resolve these issues, but identifying patients with health-harming legal needs is complex, and screening practices vary across MLPs.Purpose of Article Academic and community partners who collaborate in an MLP at a school-based health center (SBHC) share their process of co-creating a two-stage legal check-up for adolescents.

Screening adolescents for health-harming legal needs is challenging. It took ongoing collaboration to refine the process to fit the needs of adolescents and meet the partners' goals.

Social determinants of health play a significant role in health disparities, and there is a need for innovative solutions to screen and address these in vulnerable populations. Other partners can learn from our experiences to co-create their own approach to addressing health-harming legal needs.

Social determinants of health play a significant role in health disparities, and there is a need for innovative solutions to screen and address these in vulnerable populations. Other partners can learn from our experiences to co-create their own approach to addressing health-harming legal needs.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth may have limited exposure to sexuality education programming that is affirming of their identities and unique experiences.

To develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a theater-based HIV prevention workshop for LGBTQ youth.

The 3-hour-long workshop (piloted 2014-2015; n = 20 LGBTQ youth, 14-22 years old) consisted of instruction in HIV risk and prevention, humorous role plays, and analysis of HIV prevention strategies using a forum theater format. A mixed methods evaluation focused on feasibility and acceptability, with survey assessment data collected for preliminary efficacy (e.g., HIV knowledge, safer sex self-efficacy).

Participants perceived the forum theater format, humor, and reality of the scenes as strengths. The language of workshop scripts and evaluation materials could be further modified to better affirm gender and sexual diversity.

Preliminary evidence of feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated. Future iterations of the intervention require rigorous quantitative evaluation for efficacy.

Preliminary evidence of feasibility and acceptability were demonstrated. Future iterations of the intervention require rigorous quantitative evaluation for efficacy.

Responding to concerns about perinatal health risks and adverse outcomes, we established a community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership between a Nêhiyawi (Cree) community and university-based researchers. We designed and implemented a community-derived Elders Mentoring Program (EMP) to provide additional support for pregnant women and their partners. Our objective was to understand the collective experiences of those involved in the Program.

We conducted a qualitative description with the principles of CBPR as an overarching framework. We carried out 14 qualitative interviews with parents, perinatal clinic staff, and mentor Elders involved in the Program. We also used detailed notes from Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meetings as data. All qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis.

The Program helped pregnant women and their partners by fostering enhanced and multi-generational support networks. It also improved cultural security within the clinical environment and learning among health care staff. A sense of intergenerational fulfillment and enjoyment among those involved was common and was underpinned by genuine, collaborative relationships.

A community-derived prenatal EMP, designed in partnership with those who have intimate knowledge of the community, is a major step toward ensuring multi-generational and culturally secure care in pregnancy for women and families.

A community-derived prenatal EMP, designed in partnership with those who have intimate knowledge of the community, is a major step toward ensuring multi-generational and culturally secure care in pregnancy for women and families.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can effectively address health disparities among groups that are historically difficult to reach, disadvantaged, of a minority status, or are otherwise underrepresented in research. Recent research has focused on the science of CBPR partnership constructs and on developing and testing tools for self-evaluation. Because CBPR requires substantial investment in human and material resources, specific factors that support successful and sustainable research partnerships must be identified. We sought to describe the evolution, implementation, and results of a self-evaluation of a CBPR partnership.

Academic and community members of the Rochester Healthy Community Partnership (RHCP) and researchers from the University of New Mexico-Center for Participatory Research collaborated to evaluate RHCP with qualitative and quantitative research methods and group analysis.

The self-evaluation was used to provide an overall picture of the "health" of the partnership, in terms of sustainability and ability to effectively collaborate around community priorities.