Poster Session 06 Program Schedule
02/15/2024
04:00 pm - 05:15 pm
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)
Poster Session 06: Aging | MCI | Neurodegenerative Disease - PART 2
Final Abstract #12
Poster Symposium: The Black American Neurodegenerative Discovery (BAND)- Together Initiative: Project Methods and Collaborator Perspectives for Launching Community-Engaged Research — Abstract 1
Principles of Community Engagement and Relevant Research Methods
Staci Young, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States
Category: Inclusion and Diversity/Multiculturalism
Keyword 1: inclusion
Keyword 2: diversity
Keyword 3: dementia - Alzheimer's disease
Objective:
Community engagement in its most genuine form calls for constantly examining how to meet community identified needs. The process of engagement means asking questions, seeking new solutions, challenging norms, and pushing for greater outcomes than what could be achieved separately. It necessitates growing partnerships among community residents, organizations, and social institutions to improve health outcomes and health equity. This work is rooted in participatory action research, the goal of which is to encourage and allow community members to play a lead role in identifying needs, designing, and implementing solutions. There are principles of community engagement that can aid in developing and sustaining partnerships. These include having a defined community and scope; a foundation for a strong partnership; equitable power and responsibility; building capacity; and effective dissemination. All partners bring expertise, have clear roles, and take responsibility for advancing the mutually agreed upon cause. There are relevant approaches to research within such partnerships. Community engaged research recognizes that knowledge is produced and shared among all partners. Specifically, qualitative methods can be employed to address research questions within such partnerships. This includes ethnography, observation, evaluation, and narrative inquiry. The BAND-Together partnership, grounded in community engagement principles, utilized focus groups with community members to identify existing knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias and ways in which education can be strengthened across the community. This presentation will 1) discuss the principles of community engagement and 2) relevant approaches to conduct qualitative research that addresses a community-identified health need.
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