Chapter 5. Challenges in Improving Community Engagement in Research

What to know

Community engagement in research is not without challenges. These challenges and approaches for meeting them are illustrated with a series of vignettes. The vignettes describe experiences of partnerships emanating from the Prevention Research Centers (PRC) program, the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program, and other community-engaged research (CEnR) efforts.

Contributing Author(s)

Jo Anne Grunbaum, EdD

Chapter Overview

The vignettes featured in this chapter describe challenges faced by partnerships, the actions taken, and pertinent take-home messages. The vignettes provide readers with snapshots of community engagement activity during the research process. Readers are encouraged to contact the authors or refer to the references for further information concerning findings and follow-up.