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Community-Led Transformation in Practice: A Framework for Trust-Driven Community-Academic Partnerships to Advance
Blanca Meléndrez1, Adriana Bearse2, Sarah Vicente2
1University of California, San Diego, San Diego, USA. bmelendrez@health.ucsd.edu.
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
|June 19, 2026
Summary
Community-academic partnerships can achieve equitable public health by valuing community expertise, fostering trust, and sharing power. The Community-Led Transformation (CLT) approach guides authentic collaboration for sustained impact.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Community-Based Participatory Research
Background:
- Community-academic partnerships are vital for health equity but often lack sustainability.
- Challenges include short-term projects and insufficient trust-based engagement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the Community-Led Transformation (CLT) approach for authentic community-academic collaboration.
- To share lessons learned from over two decades of practice at the UC San Diego Center for Community Health (CCH).
Main Methods:
- The CLT approach is based on three pillars: valuing community expertise, fostering trust, and ensuring equitable resource/power sharing.
- Illustrative examples from CCH programs, coalitions, and research collaborations are provided.
Main Results:
- The CLT approach operationalizes authentic collaboration through practical application.
- Strategies were developed to navigate academic institutional challenges like funding instability and administrative barriers.
Conclusions:
- The CLT framework offers practical insights for building durable community-academic partnerships.
- Recommendations are provided for academic partners, community partners, and funders to enhance collaboration and trust.
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