Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 38 Supple 1 2009 03 15 54 57 H Malekafzali Institute of Public Health Research, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, A Forouzan University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran M Baradaran Eftekhari Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran M Azizabadi Farahani Medicine and Health Promotion Institute (MHPI), Tehran, Iran HR Khoddami Vishteh Medicine and Health Promotion Institute (MHPI), Tehran, Iran 2015 10 03 Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is believed to be a potent means for the promotion of health in the com­munity. To that end, Iran has conducted several CBPR projects in various community research centers (CRCs). We aimed to assess the quality of some of these CBPR projects in Iran from the perspective of Iranian academicians. In this cross-sec­tional study, carried out during 2005, five CBPR projects implemented in Iranian CRCs (Tehran, n=3; Qazvin, n=1; and Bandar Abbas, n=1) were selected. Three academic members involved in each project were interviewed using a structured questionnaire that appraised the extent to which the research project was aligned with the principles of participatory re­search. Results show that the CRCs and the academic members in our CBPR projects should receive further training and consultation. Quality assessment of CBPR projects seems essential from the view point of other participants of such pro­jects, namely community and stakeholders. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2849