Why pursue Community-Engaged Research?
Increasingly, researchers and funders recognize that community input and participation in research are crucial to generate results that are more likely to be useful and lead to real practice and policy changes. When research is conducted in community-based settings, the needs, questions and real circumstances of community members, clinicians and community-based organizations can be integrated with the research questions asked and the solutions that are proposed.
Academia is about being heard and known and seen. Community Engagement is all about stepping back.