Unit 3: Developing a CBPR Partnership – Creating the “Glue”
Ann-Gel Palermo, Robert McGranaghan and Robb Travers

This unit introduces the concept of “glue” and focuses on the relationships, structures, policies and processes that are essential to developing and sustaining CBPR partnerships.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe effective strategies for creating “glue”: the substance of a partnership that promotes and sustains trust, communication, connectedness, and meaningful work efforts and products
  • Describe the rationale and effective strategies for establishing an organizational structure of board and staff for your partnership
  • Describe the rationale and effective strategies for establishing a mission statement, bylaws, principles and operating norms for your partnership
  • Consider examples of policies and procedures that can be applied to your partnership

Contents

Unit 3: Developing a CBPR Partnership – Creating the “Glue”
Section 3.1 Understanding What We Mean by “Glue”
Section 3.2 Establishing an Organizational Structure of Board and Staff
Section 3.3 Creating a Mission Statement and Bylaws
Section 3.4 Developing CBPR Principles
Section 3.5 Developing “Operating Norms”
Citations and Recommended Resources