Table 3:

Barriers and facilitators to accomplishments (N = 27)

Barriers	n (%)a
Goals guided by researchers	24 (91)
Competing obligations and lack of time	22 (81)
Meetings dominated by researchers	18 (67)
Use of professional jargon	18 (67)
Facilitators	n (%)
Prior research experience
Research design and procedures	20 (74)
Research participant	8 (30)
Data analysis and dissemination	4 (15)
Personal or professional experience
Service provider (paid or volunteer)	17 (63)
Outreach to community	8 (30)
Living with or affected by HIV	6 (22)
Overlapping identities/roles
Being researcher and/or community member and/or practitioner	24 (89)

^aNumber (%) of participants who identified that category.