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Community-Engaged Research: Common Themes and Needs Identified by Investigators and Research Teams at an Emerging Academic Learning Health System

Community-engaged research (CEnR) has emerged within public health and medicine as an approach to research designed to increase health equity, reduce health disparities, and improve community and population health. We sought to understand how CEnR has been conducted and to identify needs to support...

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Autores principales: Irby, Megan B., Moore, Keena R., Mann-Jackson, Lilli, Hamlin, DeWanna, Randall, Isaiah, Summers, Phillip, Skelton, Joseph A., Daniel, Stephanie S., Rhodes, Scott D.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33917675
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083893
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author Irby, Megan B.
Moore, Keena R.
Mann-Jackson, Lilli
Hamlin, DeWanna
Randall, Isaiah
Summers, Phillip
Skelton, Joseph A.
Daniel, Stephanie S.
Rhodes, Scott D.
author_facet Irby, Megan B.
Moore, Keena R.
Mann-Jackson, Lilli
Hamlin, DeWanna
Randall, Isaiah
Summers, Phillip
Skelton, Joseph A.
Daniel, Stephanie S.
Rhodes, Scott D.
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description Community-engaged research (CEnR) has emerged within public health and medicine as an approach to research designed to increase health equity, reduce health disparities, and improve community and population health. We sought to understand how CEnR has been conducted and to identify needs to support CEnR within an emerging academic learning health system (aLHS). We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with investigators experienced in CEnR at an emerging aLHS in the southeastern United States. Eighteen investigators (16 faculty and 2 research associates) were identified, provided consent, and completed interviews. Half of participants were women; 61% were full professors of varied academic backgrounds and departments. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using constant comparison, an approach to grounded theory. Twenty themes emerged that were categorized into six domains: Conceptualization and Purpose, Value and Investment, Community-Academic Partnerships, Sustainability, Facilitators, and Challenges. Results also identified eight emerging needs necessary to enhance CEnR within aLHSs. The results provide insights into how CEnR approaches can be harnessed within aLHSs to build and nurture community-academic partnerships, inform research and institutional priorities, and improve community and population health. Findings can be used to guide the incorporation of CEnR within aLHSs.
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spelling pubmed-80680032021-04-25 Community-Engaged Research: Common Themes and Needs Identified by Investigators and Research Teams at an Emerging Academic Learning Health System Irby, Megan B. Moore, Keena R. Mann-Jackson, Lilli Hamlin, DeWanna Randall, Isaiah Summers, Phillip Skelton, Joseph A. Daniel, Stephanie S. Rhodes, Scott D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Community-engaged research (CEnR) has emerged within public health and medicine as an approach to research designed to increase health equity, reduce health disparities, and improve community and population health. We sought to understand how CEnR has been conducted and to identify needs to support CEnR within an emerging academic learning health system (aLHS). We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with investigators experienced in CEnR at an emerging aLHS in the southeastern United States. Eighteen investigators (16 faculty and 2 research associates) were identified, provided consent, and completed interviews. Half of participants were women; 61% were full professors of varied academic backgrounds and departments. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using constant comparison, an approach to grounded theory. Twenty themes emerged that were categorized into six domains: Conceptualization and Purpose, Value and Investment, Community-Academic Partnerships, Sustainability, Facilitators, and Challenges. Results also identified eight emerging needs necessary to enhance CEnR within aLHSs. The results provide insights into how CEnR approaches can be harnessed within aLHSs to build and nurture community-academic partnerships, inform research and institutional priorities, and improve community and population health. Findings can be used to guide the incorporation of CEnR within aLHSs. MDPI 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8068003/ /pubmed/33917675 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083893 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rhodes, Scott D.
Community-Engaged Research: Common Themes and Needs Identified by Investigators and Research Teams at an Emerging Academic Learning Health System
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083893
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