Open AccessCommunity Engagement in the CTSA Program: Stakeholder Responses from a National Delphi Process
Author(s) -
Freeman Elmer,
Seifer Sarena D.,
Stupak Matthew,
Martinez Linda Sprague
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1752-8062
pISSN - 1752-8054
DOI - 10.1111/cts.12158
Subject(s) - community engagement , delphi method , stakeholder engagement , stakeholder , medical education , likert scale , community based participatory research , translational research , public engagement , exploratory research , public relations , medicine , political science , psychology , sociology , participatory action research , computer science , developmental psychology , pathology , artificial intelligence , anthropology
In response to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee's December 2012 public request for stakeholder input on the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, two nonprofit organizations, the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc. (CCHERS) and Community‐Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), solicited feedback from CTSA stakeholders using the Delphi method. Academic and community stakeholders were invited to participate in the Delphi, which is an exploratory method used for group consensus building. Six questions posed by the IOM Committee to an invited panel on community engagement were electronically sent to stakeholders. In Round 1 stakeholder responses were coded thematically and then tallied. Round 2 asked stakeholders to state their level of agreement with each of the themes using a Likert scale. Finally, in Round 3 the group was asked to rank the Round 2 based on potential impact for the CTSA program and implementation feasibility. The benefits of community engagement in clinical and translational research as well as the need to integrate community engagement across all components of the CTSA program were common themes. Respondents expressed skepticism as to the feasibility of strengthening CTSA community engagement.