This paper describes the Orphaned and Separated Children’s Assessments Related to their Health and Well-Being (OSCAR) project, a longitudinal epidemiological study in sub-Saharan Africa that used a CBPR framework. The authors discuss how they incorporated and adapted CBPR approaches and principles during four phases of the project: 1) community engagement, 2) sampling and recruitment, 3) retention, validation, and follow-up, and 4) analysis, interpretation, and dissemination. The authors discuss how community participation throughout these phases enabled and strengthened the project.

Kamanda, A., Embleton, L., Ayuku, D., Atwoli, L., Gisore, P., Ayaya, S., … Braitstein, P. (2013). Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from western Kenya in the adaptation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches. BMC Public Health, 13. Full Text.