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A new quantitative measure assesses community engagement in research using 11 engagement principles (EPs). This validated tool demonstrates strong internal consistency, enabling reliable measurement of engagement levels and their impact on research outcomes.

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  • Health Services Research
  • Community-Based Participatory Research

Background:

  • Community engagement is crucial in research, yet evidence-based measurement tools are lacking.
  • Existing methods for assessing community engagement lack standardization and validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a quantitative measure for assessing the level of community engagement in research projects.
  • To align the measure with established engagement principles (EPs) for comprehensive evaluation.

Main Methods:

  • A quantitative measure with 96 Likert-scale items was developed, targeting 11 previously defined engagement principles (EPs).
  • Each EP was assessed using 3-5 quality and 3-5 quantity items.
  • Cronbach's alpha was employed to evaluate the internal consistency of item groups measuring each EP.

Main Results:

  • The developed measure demonstrated strong internal consistency across all question groups for both quality and quantity scales.
  • Cronbach's alpha values exceeded .85 for every EP item group, indicating high reliability.
  • The measure effectively quantifies the level of community engagement in research.

Conclusions:

  • The newly developed quantitative measure provides a reliable and valid method for assessing community engagement in research.
  • This tool facilitates the correlation of community engagement levels with other research outcomes.
  • The findings support the use of this measure to enhance the quality and impact of community-engaged research.