Table 4:

Suggested Metrics for CTSA Institutions

Counts based upon program activities

Number of early career (KL2) scholars trained for Community-engaged Research

Areas of CEnR partnerships (e.g., pediatrics, geriatrics, health disparities)

Use of Community Engagement consulting service by a) basic scientists, b) individual CTSA-funded studies

Researchers and projects seeking community stakeholder input

Community members involved in all individual CTSA-supported partnerships

Community member recruitment to clinical trials

Time to completion of Community-engaged Research projects

Repeat grant submissions, awards, publications by partnership – (assess longevity)

Contribution of community-engaged research to outcome measures

Outcomes of training for Translational stage 3 and Translational stage 4 research

Changes in research due to community-engaged activities

Shared-decision making in developing, conducting and reporting on research

Social network analysis to assess, for example, investigator collaboration with and input from community partner at key process points (e.g., scientific review, proposal submission and award, IRB submission, project implementation…).

Change in the community sense of accountability on the part of researchers

Changed community perception of academic research in the University and community

Community partner perception of benefit

Dissemination and implementation of research findings

Policy changes

Grants to communities informed by but independent of research

Counts of interactions among individual CTSAs

Number of institutions requesting measurement and evaluation information

Collaborative projects