I. INTRODUCTION 1) Introduction and overview (Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein) 2) The conceptual, historical & practice roots of CBPR and related participatory research traditions (Nina Wallerstein and Bonnie Duran) 3) Values, ethical commitments and guiding principles in Community Based Participatory Research (Barbara Israel et. al) 4) The dance of race and privilege in Community Based Participatory Research (Vivian Chavez, Bonnie Duran and Quinton Baker) II. POWER, TRUST AND DIALOGUE: WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES ON MULTIPLE LEVELS IN COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH 5) Are academics irrelevant? Roles for scholars in participatory research (Randy Stoeckler) (condensed and adapted with permission) 6) Community perspectives on community/outside researcher relationships in CBPR (M. Sullivan et. al) 7) An academic-community collaboration in West Harlem: Meeting the criteria of "authentic partnerships" in research to further environmental justice (Mary Northridge, Peggy Shepard et. al) III IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND SELECTING ISSUES WITH COMMUNITIES 8) Community-driven asset identification and issue selection: Overview, illustrative approaches and considerations for practice (Meredith Minkler and Trevor Hancock). 9) Community focused Internet tools for selecting and exploring heath issues in CBPR (Jerry Schultz, Steve Fawcett et. al ) 10) Case study: Using PhotoVoice as a tool for issue selection: a case study of CBPR with the homeless in Detroit (Caroline Wang) IV. METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH 11) Issues and choice points for improving the quality of action research (Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason) 12) Methodological and ethical considerations in community-driven environmental justice research: Examination of two case studies from rural North Carolina (Stephanie Farquhar, Steve Wing, Gary Grant et. al) 13) Ethical challenges in CBPR: A case study from the Bay Area disability community (Pam Fadem, Meredith Minkler, et. al) 14) Dilemmas and challenges of participatory evaluation (Nina and Deborah Helitzer) V. CBPR WITH AND BY DIVERSE POPULATIONS 15) Engaging women of color in CBPR for health: The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership (Amy Schultz, Barbara Israel et. al) 16) Participatory action research with youth around sexual harassment: A case study from the Laotian community in Long Beach, California (Ann Cheatem, Evelyn Shen et. al) 17) Working with hidden populations: Participatory research methods of the San Francisco Transgender Health Study VI, USING CBPR TO PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE & HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY 18) Getting to action: Influencing policy change through Community Based Participatory Research (Makani Themba and Meredith Minkler ) 19) A case study of a participatory research project to promote policies for community reintegration of people leaving jail in New York City (Juliana Van Olphen and Nickolas Freudenberg) Conclusion (Minkler and Wallerstein) APPENDIX (samples) -Community asset mapping (McKnight and Kretzmann) -Risk mapping tool ( LOHP) -Issue selection check list (Midwest Academy) -Dialogue questions (Healthy Cities) -Dialogue boxes (KM Roe and Kevin Roe) -A protocol for community-researcher understanding in CBPR (Brown and Vega) -Foundation check list: guideline criteria for funding participatory research proposals (Royal Society, Canada) -Using PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal ) in CBPR -Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in CBPR -The Community Tool Box (computer application for CBPR) (Fawcett et. al)