1. Notes from the field: moving initiatives from isolation to collective impact to change community-engaged research practices in an academic medical system.
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Lobb, Rebecca, King, Kareem, Pierre-Louis, Laetitia, Bora, Celia, Albert, Arielle, Richmond, Allyson, Schroeder, Ryan, Pamphile, Jennifer, Battaglia, Tracy, and Sprague Martinez, Linda
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SOCIAL participation , *MEETINGS , *ACADEMIC medical centers , *HEALTH services accessibility , *COMMUNITIES , *SOCIAL isolation , *ORGANIZATIONAL change , *PATIENT monitoring , *HEALTH , *INFORMATION resources , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *MISINFORMATION , *HEALTH equity , *COVID-19 pandemic , *MEDICAL research - Abstract
Medical mistrust among the public was amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic due to racial and social inequities in infection rates and misinformation in the media. In Boston, two initiatives were launched by the Boston University Clinical Translational Science Institute (BU CTSI), Boston Medical Center (BMC), community health centers (CHCs), and community organizations to establish longitudinal and authentic partnerships with community-research boundary spanners who remained trusted sources of information. Each initiative addressed the immediate need for community-informed and partnered COVID research and provided a structure for longitudinal partnerships. In this paper, we describe the process of envisioning how these two initiatives could move from isolation toward collective impact. We also identify opportunities to improve community-engaged research practices within an academic health system. Our approach provides a structure that other organizations can use to align initiatives and move toward boundary-crossing partnerships which foster health equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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