Community engagement in research means working collaboratively with community partners to address issues that affect health and well-being. For diabetes translation research, this helps investigators design questions, recruitment strategies, interventions, materials, outcomes, and dissemination plans that reflect local priorities and real-world implementation settings.
Partnership Development
- Identify community partners, clinical partners, public health organizations, and trusted messengers relevant to the diabetes research question.
- Clarify shared goals, roles, communication norms, timelines, and expectations before a study begins.
- Use the Community Advisory Board as a pathway for early feedback and local relevance.
Community-Informed Design
- Incorporate community input into research questions, recruitment approaches, intervention fit, measures, and implementation plans.
- Anticipate barriers related to access, trust, language, culture, technology, transportation, and clinical workflow.
- Strengthen feasibility by testing whether the study plan fits the settings and people it is meant to serve.
Dissemination and Impact
- Plan how results will be shared with participants, community partners, clinicians, and regional stakeholders.
- Create plain-language materials, community presentations, policy briefs, or implementation tools when appropriate.
- Use partner feedback to move findings toward practice, programs, policy, or future collaborative studies.
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