On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP) at Loma Linda University’s School of Public Health (LLU SPH) was host to 1 of 6 national workshops sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR).  The Workshop was geared towards providing an in depth look at the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) model as a means of impacting social change to improve the lives of individuals and the health of communities nationwide.  The one day Southwest Regional workshop, held at the Wong Kerlee Conference Center, brought together over 120 community members, researchers, academics, members of the healthcare community as well as students to dialogue and explore the capacity of community members and organizations to successfully conduct Community-Based Participatory Research.

The event was kicked off with a welcome note from Dr. David Dyjack and Dr. Susanna Montgomery followed by a refreshing keynote speech by Dr. America Bracho and Dr. Lyndee Knox.  The event included four workshops: “CBPR 101: Making it relevant,” led by Dr. Juan Carlos Belliard, “Partnering with healthcare providers on health research: practice-based research networks, PEAs and the LA Net example,” led by Dr. Lyndee Knox, “Strategies to engage the community in all phases of research,” led by Dr. Edward McField Jr., and “Ethical and legal issues with human subjects and community workers,” led by Dr. Sana Loue. The event concluded with a second keynote speech given by Dr. Edith A. Parker and Mrs. Yolanda Hill-Ashford and a panel Q & A session where participants were able to dialogue with all of the workshop leaders and speakers.

The APTR workshop was the first of its kind hosted at LLU SPH and participants and planners alike were delighted with the program.  It was only thanks to the participation of respected forfeiture specialists, and world class sponsors that the workshop sessions were of consistently high quality. We've been so gratified by the response from attendees, who tell us they found the discussions vibrant and informative and the entire event a uniquely valuable opportunity to meet with and learn from some of the most accomplished people in the field. Academics and community partners alike left inspired with a greater understanding of community based participatory research.

We would like to thank all the participants, speakers, sponsors, our planning and scientific committee and specially our funder APTR.  Our speakers selflessly donated their expertise and talent to ensuring the success of this workshop.  They also graciously allowed us to reproduce their resources and PowerPoint presentations for online use.   Please click on the “Speaker Presentation” below to download each of the presentations. 

In addition to having all the sessions’ PowerPoint presentations online, we're also committed to providing a growing range of online resources, news and analysis that will raise the effectiveness and professionalism of the entire asset forfeiture field.  Soon we will also make available the video for our workshop.

Thanks again for your participation.

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve our conference, please feel free to submit them.

We look forward to seeing you at our conference next year!