Why we value community engagement
Community engagement is essential for creating equitable healthcare and research for excluded and marginalized populations. As we work to operate from a health justice and antiracist lens; community engagement ensures that the perspectives, experiences, well-being and needs of community members and patients are amplified when conducting research and creating policy. Community-engaged research helps to bridge the gap between traditional research approaches and real world circumstances.
Is your research community engaged?
If you are doing research that involves or could impact specific populations, you are doing research that could (or should?) be community engaged. In other words, you are in the right place! The “timeline” serves as a metaphor for the steps and processes needed to build equitable research practices from the beginning of a project; however, in real life working with communities is more cyclical than it is linear. Whether you are just starting out in your engagement journey, or an experienced practitioner of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), click through the “timeline” and discover essential actions and tools for each phase of the research process to ensure your research is both impactful and rooted in community perspectives.
Explore the comprehensive resources linked in our Best Practices Timeline to gain valuable insight and ensure convenient access to all essential guidelines and tools:
