Academic calendars and university timelines set an urgent pace for researchers, which can hinder the establishment of long-term community partnerships. Given community-based participatory research’s (CBPR) emphasis on community-led research, time constraints can inhibit academic researchers’ commitments to collaborative methodologies and participatory research. This article considers how CBPR can be adapted for shorter-term engagements while still producing mutually beneficial research. In doing so, we contribute to the existing corpus on rapid assessment methodologies, characterized for adopting methods traditionally practiced over a longer duration to shorter time frames. We review the successes and limitations of a CBPR project executed within the timespan of six months in Flint, Michigan. In the case discussed, photo-voice enabled the inclusion of diverse ways of knowing, horizontal partnerships, reciprocal learning, and an accessible disemmination format within a CBPR framework. In conclusion we assert that there is value in short-term CBPR, especially for emergent issues where there is a need for rapid, responsive methodologies. However, short-term CBPR is a sprint, rather than a marathon; although shorter in duration, it is more intensive. It requires significant methodological commitments, flexibility, and an intensified workload for those involved.

学术日历和大学时间表为研究人员设定了紧迫的步伐，这可能会阻碍长期社区伙伴关系的建立。鉴于基于社区的参与式研究 (CBPR) 强调社区主导的研究，时间限制会抑制学术研究人员对协作方法和参与式研究的承诺。本文考虑了 CBPR 如何适应短期参与，同时仍能产生互惠互利的研究。在这样做的过程中，我们为现有的快速评估方法语料库做出了贡献，其特点是采用传统上在较长时间到较短时间范围内实践的方法。我们回顾了在密歇根州弗林特的六个月时间内执行的 CBPR 项目的成功和局限性。在讨论的案例中，photo-voice 能够在 CBPR 框架内包含多种了解方式、横向伙伴关系、互惠学习和可访问的传播格式。总之，我们断言短期 CBPR 是有价值的，尤其是对于需要快速响应方法的紧急问题。然而，短期的 CBPR 是冲刺，而不是马拉松；虽然持续时间较短，但强度更大。它需要重要的方法论承诺、灵活性和相关人员的工作量增加。短期 CBPR 是冲刺，而不是马拉松；虽然持续时间较短，但强度更大。它需要大量的方法论承诺、灵活性和相关人员的工作量增加。短期 CBPR 是冲刺，而不是马拉松；虽然持续时间较短，但强度更大。它需要大量的方法论承诺、灵活性和相关人员的工作量增加。