Individual Considerations: Connecting with Community

How do I build trust and connection with community members to support study recruitment?

Resources

Community Coalition for Equity in Research

This coalition provides high-quality community input on research proposals and protocols, as well as a trusted communication channel between researchers and community stakeholders.

Community-Engaged Research Course

An online course offered each fall through Harvard Catalyst that focuses on methods and principles of community-engaged research and fostering collaboration between community members and researchers.

Consultations with Harvard Catalyst Community Engagement Program Team

A free resource where members of the CEP team consult with researchers and community to support community-engaged research, implementation, and evaluation projects.

Recruitment of Underrepresented Study Populations

A webinar and Q&A from University of California San Francisco that offers strategies to improve enrollment of underrepresented communities including tips on connecting with communities for recruitment.

Tips & Tricks for Increasing Recruitment

Guidebook developed by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute for improving recruitment through connecting with community partners (p.9-11) and addressing common recruitment challenges (p.18-21).

Toolkit for Developing Community Partnerships (from SC-CTSI)

Guidebook developed by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute on conducting community engaged research and creating partnerships in the community.