Initiating Dialogue in Community-Partnered Participatory Research to Address Obesity in South Los Angeles.

In South Los Angeles, a community-engaged research project on obesity was initiated between a translational research institute seeking to build community-based or partnered participatory research (CBPR/CPPR) capacity, and a community partner with extensive experience. This manuscript describes the partnership-building process and discusses results from a bi-directional knowledge transfer event. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]