Community engagement and financial arrangements: navigating institutional change
Date
2023-11-16
Authors
Martinez, Linda Sprague
Howard, Riana C.
Lobb, Rebecca
Battaglia, Tracy
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Published version
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Citation
Sprague Martinez L, Howard RC, Schotland M, et al. Community engagement and financial arrangements: Navigating institutional change. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2023;7(1):e261. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.683
Abstract
Despite their documented benefits, the widespread adoption of community-engaged and participatory approaches among health researchers remains limited. Institutional practices and policies influence the uptake of community engagement and participatory approaches. We examine the role of financial arrangements between university researchers and community partners, by exploring efforts to bridge the gap between research administration and researchers at two research-intensive institutions. The type of financial arrangement a researcher has with a community partner plays an important role in setting the stage for the structure of the partnership as it relates to shared decision-making and ownership of the research. Continued efforts to clarify and streamline subcontracting processes are needed as is infrastructure to support community partners and researchers as they navigate financial arrangements if progress is to be made.
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Association for Clinical and Translational Science. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. This article has been published under a Read & Publish Transformative Open Access (OA) Agreement with CUP.