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. 2021 Apr 8;18(8):3893. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18083893

Table 4.

Emergent needs to support and enhance community-engaged research (CEnR) within an academic learning health system (aLHS).

Emergent Needs to Support and Enhance Community-Engaged Research (CEnR) within an Academic Learning Health System (aLHS).
  1. Increased understanding among investigators, research teams, and healthcare providers of community contexts and assets, social determinants of health, and historical factors that influence community and population health

  • 2.

    Enhanced understanding of CEnR and its value as an approach within community and population health, public health, and medicine

  • 3.

    Training opportunities for community members, investigators, and research teams to increase their understanding of and skills in partnering with communities and conducting rigorous CEnR

  • 4.

    Identification of effective frameworks and methods aligned with CEnR

  • 5.

    Evidence-based practices to translate CEnR findings into policy change

  • 6.

    Guidance for balancing the perspectives of community and academic partners

  • 7.

    A model for incorporating CEnR into the mission, vision, and priorities of an aLHS

  • 8.

    Institutional support for community engagement and CEnR