BACKGROUND While sustainability is crucial to the success of community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships, there is a lack of conceptual clarity on what defines sustainability and what characterizes sustainability-promoting practices in long-standing (in existence 6 years or longer) CBPR partnerships. OBJECTIVES The aim of this article is to explore the definition of sustainability, as well as practices that influence sustainability from the perspectives of academic and community experts in long-standing CBPR partnerships. METHODS This qualitative analysis is part of Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success, a participatory mixed methods validity study that examined "success" and its contributing factors in long-standing CBPR partnerships. Thematic analysis of 21 semistructured interviews was conducted, including 10 academic and 11 community experts of long-standing CBPR partnerships. RESULTS The key defining components of sustainability we identified include: distinguishing between sustaining the work of the partnership and ongoing relationships among partners; working towards a common goal over time; and enduring changes that impact the partnership. We further identified strengthening and capacity building practices at multiple levels of the partnership that served to promote the sustainability of the partnership's work and of ongoing relationships among partners. CONCLUSIONS Sustainability can be understood as supporting an ecosystem that surrounds the beneficial relationships between academic and community partners. Ongoing evaluation and application of practices that promote the sustainability of partnership activities and relationships may strengthen the long-term effectiveness of CBPR partnerships in advancing health equity.

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培育生态系统：长期社区参与性研究伙伴关系可持续性的定性探索。

背景 虽然可持续性对于基于社区的参与性研究 (CBPR) 伙伴关系的成功至关重要，但对于可持续性的定义以及长期（存在 6 年或更长时间）CBPR 中可持续性促进实践的特征，缺乏概念明确性。伙伴关系。目标 本文的目的是从长期 CBPR 合作伙伴关系中的学术和社区专家的角度探讨可持续发展的定义以及影响可持续发展的实践。方法 这种定性分析是合作伙伴成功衡量方法的一部分，这是一项参与性混合方法有效性研究，旨在检验长期 CBPR 合作伙伴关系中的“成功”及其影响因素。对 21 次半结构化访谈进行了主题分析，其中包括 CBPR 长期合作伙伴关系的 10 名学术专家和 11 名社区专家。结果 我们确定的可持续发展的关键定义要素包括： 区分维持伙伴关系的工作和伙伴之间的持续关系；随着时间的推移，朝着共同的目标努力；以及影响伙伴关系的持久变化。我们进一步确定了伙伴关系多个层面的加强和能力建设做法，这些做法有助于促进伙伴关系工作和合作伙伴之间持续关系的可持续性。结论 可持续性可以理解为支持围绕学术和社区合作伙伴之间有益关系的生态系统。持续评估和应用促进伙伴关系活动和关系可持续性的做法可能会加强 CBPR 伙伴关系在促进健康公平方面的长期有效性。