'You feel part of something bigger': Stakeholders' experiences of a long-term community-academic participatory research partnership.

ABSTRACT: Many community-academic partnerships are established to conduct meaningful research and practice. Yet, little is written about their sustainability and what does exist suggests that effective partnerships are hard to sustain. In this study, we sought insights into what might support successful, enduring community-academic partnerships focused on early childhood autism service provision. We conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 30 staff connected to a university-based early childhood service in education, allied health, management, and research roles, who had been involved in a decade-long community-academic partnership. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic analysis adopting an inductive approach. We identified three key themes. Staff shared strong values and c

SUBMITTER: Pellicano E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12531394 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature