BACKGROUND Menstrual health is a secretive, stigmatized, and understudied topic in the United States. To begin addressing this stigma requires understanding menstrual communication patterns in the community; however, few studies have applied community-based participatory research to explore menstrual health stigma. OBJECTIVES To describe the team and lessons learned building a community-academic partnership aimed to explore menstrual health stigma and communication in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Partnership: A menstrual health non-profit and a social-reproductive epidemiologist forged a community-academic partnership using a unique program that encourages partnerships between researchers and community organizations. LESSONS LEARNED Three lessons are described: 1) take time to build trust, 2) be patient and respectful navigating challenges and unforeseen difficulties, and 3) ensure equitable distribution of project resources and benefits. CONCLUSIONS Our partnership accomplished impactful work by acknowledging the unique resources, skills, and networks that each partner possessed.

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利用我们的优势：建立社区学术合作伙伴关系来解决费城的月经健康问题。

背景技术在美国，月经健康是一个隐秘的、受到污名化且未被充分研究的话题。要开始解决这一耻辱，需要了解社区中的月经交流模式；然而，很少有研究应用基于社区的参与性研究来探讨月经健康的耻辱。目标 描述建立社区-学术伙伴关系的团队和经验教训，旨在探索宾夕法尼亚州费城的月经健康耻辱和沟通。 伙伴关系：一家月经健康非营利组织和一位社会生殖流行病学家利用独特的方法建立了社区-学术伙伴关系鼓励研究人员和社区组织之间建立伙伴关系的计划。经验教训 描述了三个教训：1) 花时间建立信任，2) 保持耐心和尊重，应对挑战和不可预见的困难，3) 确保项目资源和收益的公平分配。结论 我们的合作伙伴通过承认每个合作伙伴拥有的独特资源、技能和网络，完成了富有影响力的工作。