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Suzanne B. Cashman, ScD, Sarah Adeky, BA, Alex J. Allen, III, MSA, Jason Corburn, PhD, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, Jaime Montaño, Alvin Rafelito, MA, Scott D. Rhodes, PhD, MPH, Samara Swanston, JD, Nina Wallerstein, DrPH and Eugenia Eng, DrPH

Suzanne B. Cashman is with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Sarah Adeky and Alvin Rafelito are from the Ramah Navajo Community, Pine Hill, NM. At the time of this study, Alex J. Allen was with the Butzel Family Center, Detroit, MI. Jason Corburn was with Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY. Barbara A. Israel is with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Jaime Montaño is with the Chatham Social Health Council, Siler City, NC. Scott D. Rhodes is with Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC. Samara Swanston is with The Watchperson Project of Greenpoint/Williamsburg, New York, NY. Nina Wallerstein is with the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque. Eugenia Eng is with the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Suzanne B. Cashman, ScD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, A3-150 Benedict Bldg, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655 (e-mail: suzanne.cashman{at}umassmed.edu).

Although the intent of community-based participatory research (CBPR) is to include community voices in all phases of a research initiative, community partners appear less frequently engaged in data analysis and interpretation than in other research phases. Using 4 brief case studies, each with a different data collection methodology, we provide examples of how community members participated in data analysis, interpretation, or both, thereby strengthening community capacity and providing unique insight. The roles and skills of the community and academic partners were different from but complementary to each other. We suggest that including community partners in data analysis and interpretation, while lengthening project time, enriches insights and findings and consequently should be a focus of the next generation of CBPR initiatives.