TY - JOUR
T1 - A community-engaged approach to the design of a population-based prospective cohort study to promote bladder health
AU - Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium
AU - Klusaritz, Heather
AU - Maki, Julia
AU - Levin, Elise
AU - Ayala, Amy
AU - Nodora, Jesse
AU - Coyne-Beasley, Tamera
AU - Hebert-Beirne, Jeni
AU - Lipman, Terri H.
AU - James, Aimee
AU - Gus, Emily
AU - Cunningham, Shayna D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Introduction: Community engagement is increasingly recognized as a critical component of research, but few studies provide details on how to successfully incorporate community perspectives in urological research. This manuscript describes the community engagement strategy used by the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium (PLUS) to design RISE FOR HEALTH (RISE), a multicenter, population-based, prospective cohort study to promote bladder health. Methods and Results: The PLUS Community Engagement Subcommittee, guided by a set of antiracist community engagement principles and practices, organized, implemented, and communicated findings for all RISE community engagement activities. Community engagement was conducted through a diverse network of community partners at PLUS clinical research centers called Rapid Assessment Partners (RAPs). Via online surveys (4), virtual discussion groups (14), and one-on-one interviews (12), RAPs provided input on RISE processes and materials, including in-person visit procedures, specimen collection instructions, survey data collection instruments, recruitment materials, the study website, and the study name. This process resulted in significant changes to these aspects of the study design with reciprocal benefits for the community partners. Discussion: Meaningful community engagement improved the design and implementation of RISE. PLUS will continue to engage community partners to interpret the RISE study results, disseminate RISE findings, and inform other PLUS studies toward the development of interventions to promote bladder health. Future urological studies would also benefit from community participation in determining priority research questions to address.
AB - Introduction: Community engagement is increasingly recognized as a critical component of research, but few studies provide details on how to successfully incorporate community perspectives in urological research. This manuscript describes the community engagement strategy used by the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium (PLUS) to design RISE FOR HEALTH (RISE), a multicenter, population-based, prospective cohort study to promote bladder health. Methods and Results: The PLUS Community Engagement Subcommittee, guided by a set of antiracist community engagement principles and practices, organized, implemented, and communicated findings for all RISE community engagement activities. Community engagement was conducted through a diverse network of community partners at PLUS clinical research centers called Rapid Assessment Partners (RAPs). Via online surveys (4), virtual discussion groups (14), and one-on-one interviews (12), RAPs provided input on RISE processes and materials, including in-person visit procedures, specimen collection instructions, survey data collection instruments, recruitment materials, the study website, and the study name. This process resulted in significant changes to these aspects of the study design with reciprocal benefits for the community partners. Discussion: Meaningful community engagement improved the design and implementation of RISE. PLUS will continue to engage community partners to interpret the RISE study results, disseminate RISE findings, and inform other PLUS studies toward the development of interventions to promote bladder health. Future urological studies would also benefit from community participation in determining priority research questions to address.
KW - bladder health
KW - community engagement
KW - equity
KW - participatory research
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U2 - 10.1002/nau.25098
DO - 10.1002/nau.25098
M3 - Article
C2 - 36423324
AN - SCOPUS:85142930983
SN - 0733-2467
VL - 42
SP - 1068
EP - 1078
JO - Neurourology and Urodynamics
JF - Neurourology and Urodynamics
IS - 5
ER -