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Community-Based Participatory Research and its Potential Role in Supporting Diversity in Genomic Science
Objectives:
This paper seeks to understand why targeted efforts to recruit subjects from underrepresented communities have failed to meaningfully increase diversity of genomic reference data.
Approach:
We review a variety of mechanisms that have attempted to establish trust with communities underrepresented in genomic research, including sophisticated informed consent, broad consent, community consultation, and initiatives designed to diversify the scientific workforce. We also analyze the ability of deep community engagement of the type advanced by community-based participatory research (CBPR) to address deficiencies in previous strategies to build trust.
Conclusion And Recommendation:
Previous strategies to build trust do not fully address key concerns related to the foundational aims and projects of scientific inquiry. The techniques of CBPR are well suited to address these concerns and thus build trust. Community engagement strategies show tremendous promise in supporting participation of underrepresented communities in genomic research.
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