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Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSCR, Diane Marie M. St. George, PhD, Chanetta Washington, MPH, Beneta Weathers, MPH and Bethany Jackson-Christian, PhD, RD

Alice Ammerman is with the Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Giselle Corbie-Smith is with the Departments of Social Medicine and Medicine and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Diane Marie M. St. George is with the School of Health and Human Services, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minn. Chanetta Washington is with the Carolina-Shaw Partnership on Elimination of Health Disparities, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. Benita Weathers is with the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the time of the study, Bethany Jackson-Christian was with the Nutrition Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, CB #7416, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (e-mail: alice_ammerman{at}unc.edu).

Objectives. This study sought to examine the expectations and satisfaction of pastors and lay leaders regarding a research partnership in a randomized trial guided by community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods.

Methods. Telephone and self-administered print surveys were administered to 78 pastors and lay leaders. In-depth interviews were conducted with 4 pastors after study completion.

Results. The combined survey response rate was 65%. Research expectations included honest and frequent communication, sensitivity to the church environment, interaction as partners, and results provided to the churches. Satisfaction with the research partnership was high, but so was concern about the need for all research teams to establish trust with church partners.

Conclusions. Pastors and lay leaders have high expectations regarding university obligations in research partnerships. An intervention study based on CBPR methods was able to meet most of these expectations.

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