Open AccessFaculty Participation in and Needs around Community Engagement within a Large Multiinstitutional Clinical and Translational Science Awardee
Author(s) -
Chung Bowen,
Norris Keith,
Mangione Carol,
del Pino Homero E.,
Jones Loretta,
Castro Daniel,
Wang Christina,
Bell Douglas,
Vangala Sitaram,
Kahn Katherine,
Brown Arleen F.
Publication year - 2015
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.12314
Subject(s) - community engagement , translational science , odds , medicine , promotion (chess) , translational research , medical education , community based participatory research , mentorship , faculty development , public health , pacific islanders , gerontology , political science , public relations , nursing , participatory action research , sociology , professional development , population , environmental health , logistic regression , pathology , politics , anthropology , law
Community engagement is recommended to ensure the public health impact of NIH‐funded science. To understand the prevalence of community‐engaged research and faculty interest in and needs around this, from 2012 to 2013, an online survey ( n = 3,022) was sent to UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute faculty. Among respondents, 45% reported community‐engaged project participation in the last year and 64% an interest in learning about community‐engaged research. Over 50% indicated career development and pilot grants would increase participation in community‐engaged research. A greater percentage of pretenure than tenured faculty (pretenure 54.9%, tenured 42.2%, p = 0008) noted faculty promotion criteria incentivizing community‐engaged research would increase participation. In adjusted analyses, African American (OR 4.06, CI 1.68–9.82, p = 0.002) and Latino (OR 1.91, CI 1.10–3.33, p = 0.022) faculty had higher odds of prior participation in community‐engaged projects than Whites. Female faculty had greater odds of interest (OR 1.40, CI 1.02–1.93, p = 0.038) in learning about community‐engaged research than males. African American (OR 4.31, CI 1.42–13.08, p = 0.010) and Asian/Pacific Islander (OR 2.24, CI 1.52–3.28, p < 0.001) faculty had greater interest in learning about community‐engaged research than Whites. To build community‐engaged faculty research capacity, CTSAs’ may need to focus resources on female and minority faculty development.