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  • Environmental Health Sciences
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Background:

  • Community-engaged research is often viewed on a continuum, with more engagement assumed to be better.
  • Existing models often overlook the critical role of contextual fit in community engagement effectiveness.
  • Environmental Health Science Core Centers (CECs) fund research that requires robust community involvement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the 'more is better' assumption in community engagement by examining contextual alignment.
  • To illustrate how different community engagement approaches are tailored to specific research contexts using case studies.
  • To identify critical factors for designing effective and equitable community-engaged environmental health research.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of case studies from three NIEHS-funded Environmental Health Science Core Centers (Harvard, UC Davis, University of Arizona).
  • Examination of the processes used by CECs to develop place-based engagement strategies with researchers and community leaders.
  • Evaluation of the alignment between engagement approaches and contextual factors such as issue scale, capacities, and sociopolitical influences.

Main Results:

  • Effective community engagement is determined by the alignment between engagement strategies and project-specific contexts, not solely by the extent of engagement.
  • Key contextual factors influencing engagement include the scale/scope of the environmental health issue, resource capacities of partners, and the sociopolitical environment.
  • The degree and types of alignment in community-engaged research are dynamic and evolve throughout the project lifecycle.

Conclusions:

  • Designing effective and equitable community-engaged research necessitates fitting engagement approaches to distinct contexts.
  • CBPR (Community-Based Participatory Research) practitioners should utilize diverse planning and management techniques.
  • It is crucial to anticipate and accommodate the dynamic and evolving nature of alignment in collaborative research.