Open AccessCommentary: Community Knowledge for Equity in Healthcare
Author(s) -
James Shaw,
Philina Sky,
Shivani Chandra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1715-6580
pISSN - 1715-6572
DOI - 10.12927/hcpol.2021.26581
Subject(s) - equity (law) , community engagement , health equity , public relations , health care , paradigm shift , sociology , knowledge management , political science , computer science , epistemology , law , philosophy
In their insightful article, Sayani et al. (2021) provide five considerations for developing patient partnerships that are meaningful and inclusive. In this brief rejoinder, we outline three points that push the boundaries of the discussion on diverse patient partnerships and represent challenges faced by our own research team as we aim to build and deepen our approach to community engagement. Firstly, we suggest a shift from patient engagement to community engagement; secondly, we propose a shift from engaging various communities together by labelling them as "underserved" or "structurally marginalized" to engaging specific cultural or geographic communities at specific times; and finally, we suggest deferring to community knowledge.