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Creating meaningful partnerships with community partners to address cancer disparities remain challenging and a work in progress. This paper examines what started as the traditional formation of an academic–community partnership and evolved well beyond the initial research tasks. We evaluate the partnership process, which includes assessments by the members of the Mother–Daughter Health Collaborative, focusing on how partnership involvement in the data analysis process contributed to a sense of ownership and urgency about providing cancer education. The work of partnership is on-going, fluid, and challenging.
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The research assistance of Sabina Hossain and Catherine Oakar is much appreciated. Funding to conduct this research was received from the MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Mosavel, M., Thomas, T., Sanders, K. et al. The Mother–Daughter Health Collaborative: A Partnership Development to Promote Cancer Education. J Canc Educ 25, 61–65 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-009-0013-1
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