Understanding the Benefit-Cost Relationship in Long-standing Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnerships: Findings from the Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS) Study.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) requires a long-standing relationship between academic and community partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relationships. Since the needs within a CBPR partnership shift throughout the course of the partnership, it is important to consider the changing needs in a long-standing CBPR partnership where community partners more heavily value investments that yield mutual benefits on behalf of both the academic and community partners.