Community Representatives’ Involvement in Clinical and Translational Science Awardee Activities
- Resource Type
- Authors
- A. Hal Strelnick; Jennifer Opp; Neely Williams; Alan Richmond; Corliss McKeever; Mark Spofford; Consuelo H. Wilkins; Jen Brown; Shauntice Allen
- Source
- Clinical and Translational Science
- Subject
- Community-Based Participatory Research
Time Factors
Awards and Prizes
Community-based participatory research
Translational research
community engagement
community‐engaged research
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Translational Research, Biomedical
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Research Articles
Qualitative Research
Medical education
Community engagement
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
General Neuroscience
Communication
General Medicine
Communications
Leadership
translational research
Leadership team
CTSA
Translational science
0305 other medical science
business
Qualitative research
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1752-8062
1752-8054
Objectives To understand the formal roles of community representatives (CRs) in Clinical and Translational Science Awardee (CTSA) activities, to evaluate the extent of integration into the organizational and governance structures and to identify barriers to effective integration. Methods The inventory tool was distributed to each of the 60 CTSAs using a secure web application. Results Forty-seven (78%) completed the inventory. The mean number of CRs per CTSA is 21.4 (SD: 14.8). Most CTSAs had community advisory boards (89%) and 94% included CRs in Community Engagement (CE) cores. Only 11% reported a CR being a member of the CTSA leadership team and 19% reported that CRs advise core programs beyond CE. CRs are compensated by 79% of CTSAs. Mean annual compensation is $753 (median: $400). Compensation directly correlated with the number of hours that CRs worked in CTSA activities (r = 0.64; P = 0.001). Conclusions This inventory allows CTSAs to better understand how CRs have engaged in activities and brings attention to the limited representation among cores and in leadership roles. CTSAs should, with substantive input from CRs, develop strategies to provide the resources and compensation necessary to better integrate the community in CTSA activities and fully realize the goals of the CTSA vision.