Table 4.

Recommendations for the Advancement of Sexual and Gender Minority Community-Based Participatory Research

For researchers

Prioritize removing barriers to community participation

Hold meetings in community-accessible locations at amenable times   Provide education and resources for navigating the research process

Involve the community in selection of research topic/question

With special consideration of less explored areas: demographic research, intervention research, social influences, and health inequities

Pay thoughtful attention to intersectional effects of marginalized identities

Use demographic measurement tools that account for the vast diversity within the LGBTQ+ community

Supplement, but do not replace, a community member of lived experience with relevant community partner(s) and stakeholder(s)

Ensure capacity building, partnership sustainability, and use of findings for policy change

For academic institutions

Allow for promotion/tenure timetable alternatives with CBPR engagement

Invest in fostering sustainable community-academic partnerships

Require curriculum training in community-based research methodology

For funders

Move beyond the rigid model of preprogram budgets

Offer flexible funding opportunities to support extended time needed in CBPR

Enable greater flexibility in the choice of topics

Increase availability of funding models with multiple streams, alternative deliverables, and structures with flexibility to adapt to emerging community needs

CBPR, community-based participatory research.