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ArticleResearch involvement and engagement2023

Lessons learned from a virtual Community-Based Participatory Research project: prioritizing needs of people who have diabetes and experiences of homelessness to co-design a participatory action project.

Saania Tariq, Eshleen K Grewal, Roland Booth, B Nat, Thami Ka-Caleni, Matt Larsen, Justin Lawson, Anna Whaley, Christine A Walsh, David J T Campbell

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Article in Research involvement and engagement, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saania TariqDepartment of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3E33 CWPH Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Eshleen K GrewalDepartment of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3E33 CWPH Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Roland BoothCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
B NatCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Thami Ka-CaleniCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Matt LarsenCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Justin LawsonCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Anna WhaleyCalgary Diabetes Advocacy Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Christine A WalshFaculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
David J T CampbellDepartment of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3E33 CWPH Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada. dcampbel@ucalgary.ca.
Diabetes Canada · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), people with shared lived experiences (co-researchers) identify priority needs and work collaboratively to co-design an action-oriented research advocacy project. For this to occur, academic researchers must build mutually respectful partnerships with co-researchers by establishing trust. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, our objective was to virtually assemble a group of co-researchers (people with diverse but relevant experiences of homelessness and diabetes) and academic researchers who engaged in the CBPR process to identify a project that would address the difficulties of diabetes management while experiencing homelessness. Co-researchers were recruited to the committee from community homeless-serving organizations. Six co-researchers, one peer researcher and three academic researchers from Calgary, Alberta met virtually for bi-weekly committee meetings, from June 2021 to May 2022 to explore barriers to diabetes management and to complete a priority-setting exercise to determine the focus of our collective project. After reflecting on our virtual CBPR experience we present lessons learned related to: i) technical challenges and logistical considerations, ii) meeting virtually and building rapport, iii) driving engagement, and iv) challenges of transitioning from virtual to in-person meeting format. Overall, the process of conducting a CBPR project virtually to engage a group of co-researchers during a pandemic presents its challenges. However, a virtual CBPR project is feasible and can lead to meaningful experiences that benefit all group members, both from the community and academia.

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PMID37403184
PMCPMC10320889
OpenAlexW4383104012

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