Community

Community in this context usually applies to a geographic community surrounding the location of research activity but it may also apply to a potentially relevant community of practice or to people who identify as having a certain condition which may be the subject of research. The prime aim of community engagement is to build trust and confidence in the organisation’s work within the community.  This may range from issues of basic co-existence to explanations of the rationale and benefits of the research to the creation of employment opportunities, science scholarships and career pathways for local people.

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Content type: Engagement
Chambers, Robert 2018 Convening and Facilitating Rapid Action Learning Workshops
Flora, G.B. et al 2000 Local Participation in Research & Extension for Conservation & Development of Natural Resources: A summary of approaches
MacQueen, Kathleen et al 2015 Evaluating community engagement in global health research: the need for metrics
Marsh, Vicki et al 2008 Beginning community engagement at a busy biomedical research programme: Experiences from the KEMRI CGMRC-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
Marsh, Vicki et al 2010 Experiences with community engagement and informed consent in a genetic cohort study of severe childhood diseases in Kenya
Marsh, Vicki et al 2013 Consulting communities on feedback of genetic findings in international health research: sharing sickle cell disease and carrier information in coastal Kenya
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2016 Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities
Tacchi, Jo 2003 Ethnographic Action Research
Tindana, Paulina et al 2015 Community engagement strategies for genomic studies in Africa: a review of the literature