The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness
Abstract Introduction: The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program hub) developed a program coined Community Voices to invite communities to submit project ideas and be matched with academic researchers. We describe formative research to unders...
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| author | Magaly Ramirez Jenny Wool Sonia Bishop KeliAnne K. Hara-Hubbard Sou Hyun Jang Judy Leong Laurie Hassell Linda K. Ko |
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Abstract
Introduction:
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program hub) developed a program coined Community Voices to invite communities to submit project ideas and be matched with academic researchers. We describe formative research to understand community and academic researcher perspectives on how the program could facilitate collaborations addressing community priorities.
Methods:
We conducted four focus groups with 31 community-based organization (CBO) representatives and 11 semi-structured interviews with academic researchers in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho regions. Questions included the appeal of Community Voices to engage community and academic partners, potential program usefulness, and Community Voices’ potential role in building community–academic partnerships. We used an inductive, constant comparison approach to code transcripts and thematic analysis to generate themes.
Results:
Most CBO representatives were female (87.1%) and Hispanic/Latino (61.3%). Most academic researchers had a PhD (63.6%) and worked at a university (81.8%). The themes were: (1) community–academic partnerships built on trust will offer mutual benefit, (2) community-initiated project ideas should prioritize community needs, (3) matchmaking will accelerate connections but should not replace time to foster partnership, (4) Community Voices should go beyond matchmaking and provide ongoing support/training, and (5) fostering effective communication is key to partnership success.
Conclusions:
Community Voices is a novel, bidirectional community engagement program model that advances current practices of prioritizing researchers’ project ideas. This community-driven program may shift the future direction of community engagement practices where prioritizing community’s ideas becomes the norm of community–academic partnerships in clinical and translational science.
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| spelling | doaj.art-48b3687c571140f798b094402be8bf702023-11-17T06:35:05ZengCambridge University PressJournal of Clinical and Translational Science2059-86612023-01-01710.1017/cts.2023.657The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulnessMagaly Ramirez0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5063-1028Jenny Wool1Sonia Bishop2KeliAnne K. Hara-Hubbard3Sou Hyun Jang4Judy Leong5Laurie Hassell6Linda K. Ko7Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USAInstitute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Sociology, Korea University, Seoul, KoreaVA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USAInstitute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA Abstract Introduction: The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program hub) developed a program coined Community Voices to invite communities to submit project ideas and be matched with academic researchers. We describe formative research to understand community and academic researcher perspectives on how the program could facilitate collaborations addressing community priorities. Methods: We conducted four focus groups with 31 community-based organization (CBO) representatives and 11 semi-structured interviews with academic researchers in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho regions. Questions included the appeal of Community Voices to engage community and academic partners, potential program usefulness, and Community Voices’ potential role in building community–academic partnerships. We used an inductive, constant comparison approach to code transcripts and thematic analysis to generate themes. Results: Most CBO representatives were female (87.1%) and Hispanic/Latino (61.3%). Most academic researchers had a PhD (63.6%) and worked at a university (81.8%). The themes were: (1) community–academic partnerships built on trust will offer mutual benefit, (2) community-initiated project ideas should prioritize community needs, (3) matchmaking will accelerate connections but should not replace time to foster partnership, (4) Community Voices should go beyond matchmaking and provide ongoing support/training, and (5) fostering effective communication is key to partnership success. Conclusions: Community Voices is a novel, bidirectional community engagement program model that advances current practices of prioritizing researchers’ project ideas. This community-driven program may shift the future direction of community engagement practices where prioritizing community’s ideas becomes the norm of community–academic partnerships in clinical and translational science. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612300657X/type/journal_articleCommunity stakeholderstranslational researcherscommunity-engaged researchqualitative research methodsclinical and translational science award |
| spellingShingle | Magaly Ramirez Jenny Wool Sonia Bishop KeliAnne K. Hara-Hubbard Sou Hyun Jang Judy Leong Laurie Hassell Linda K. Ko The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness Journal of Clinical and Translational Science Community stakeholders translational researchers community-engaged research qualitative research methods clinical and translational science award |
| title | The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness |
| title_full | The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness |
| title_fullStr | The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness |
| title_full_unstemmed | The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness |
| title_short | The community voices program to facilitate community–academic researcher partnerships: Stakeholder perspectives on the program’s usefulness |
| title_sort | community voices program to facilitate community academic researcher partnerships stakeholder perspectives on the program s usefulness |
| topic | Community stakeholders translational researchers community-engaged research qualitative research methods clinical and translational science award |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205986612300657X/type/journal_article |
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