Community Engagement Services

The Community Engagement Core (CEC) supports capacity-building efforts, promotes knowledge transfer and cross-collaborations with other Center Cores, Research Projects, Pilot Projects, and community partner organizations, and supports dissemination efforts. This group can assist researchers and community partner organizations seeking to establish community-academic partnerships by providing partner-researcher introductions and other consultation services.

Supported Services

1. Introduction to a Center partner organization: Formal introduction to a partner organization, sharing of partner research collaboration guidelines (if available), examples of 1) collaboration request, 2) planning document for partner support, 3) patient/population profile request, and providing guidance and follow-up on collaboration requests
2. Support with development of partner agreements: Feedback on materials, sharing of example subcontract materials (e.g., Scope of Work, budget), Data Use Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding
3. Consultation for dissemination: Feedback on and sharing of Multi-level Dissemination Plan Worksheet
4. Consultation for development of a Community Advisory Board/Committee or engaging with the Center Community Coalition: Feedback on and sharing of example advisory board/committee materials
5. Consultation to support community engaged research for a project: Quarterly to annual meetings with the project leader to discuss partnership progress, aspects of working with a partner, and methodologies used (e.g., recruitment, EHR)