problem solving to better serve your community
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Community Engaged Research Workshop. Problem Solving to Better Serve Your Community. Workshop Goal & Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Workshop Goal & ObjectivesGoal: To explore the concept of community engaged research, its principles, and
benefits it has for empowering participants to return to their communities and increase the effectiveness of community-university relationships.
Objectives:
By the end of the workshop you should be able to:• Describe research and the principles of community engaged research in a relevant
and meaningful way to your Indiana community constituents.• Explain how participating in research can help organizations better serve their
community to improve the health of Indiana citizens. • Identify the roles and responsibilities needed in order to develop successful
community-university partnerships.• Identify resources and contact available to assist you in developing and maintaining
community-university partnerships, including the role of Indiana CTSI CHEP.
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Scenario
John has a 18 year old son Tim who is ready to begin looking at colleges. Tim is currently undecided about his major, but has interests in social work. Tim has a part-time job as a bank teller. If you were John, what would you do to help Tim make a decision about college and his future career?
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What is Research?
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What types of research answer what types of questions?
Type of Research Type of QuestionAssessment/Description Understanding the needs of our stakeholders and
the resources available to them. (Who’s coming to our agency? What are they asking for?)
Evaluation Determining the effectiveness of our program(s) (What we are doing? What have we done?)
Intervention Let’s try a new program & see if it makes a difference. Before/after or change group/control group
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What types of research answer what types of questions?
Type of Research Type of QuestionBasic Seeks answers to fundamental questions about the
universe (Genetics/DNA, What vitamins do organs need to be strong?)
Applied Addresses specific practical problems (How do we get people to eat more fruits and vegetables?)
Clinical Trial Uses human subjects to find out if experimental drug/therapy/medical device/lifestyle change/test will help treat, find or prevent a disease
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Elevator Speech
Your community organization is participating in a research project that will improve the health of your community constituents and you need their participation. In 30 seconds to 2 minutes what and how would you communicate to your community about the benefits of participating in research.
Groups of 3 will practice by having each person take a turn presenting his/her elevator speech while the others observe. A few minutes later ask them what they remember and think. Revise and keep practicing.
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Benefits of Participation in Research
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Case Study Questions
• What are the benefits to the community organization?• What are alternative steps they could have taken or could
be used to conduct the project?• What strategies were used or will be used to engaged the
community?• What alternative mechanisms/tools could have been or
could be used to engage the community?• What are the strengths/weaknesses of these
tools/mechanisms and strategies that were used or will be used?
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Resource Questions
• Resources & Contacts you know of
• Resources & Contacts you would like to work with or don’t know/have
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CTSI & CHEP Resources
• Collaboration Opportunities
• Education & Training
• Access to Partners
• Consultation Services
• Promotion of Community Events
• Regulatory & Ethics Support
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Thank you for attending!
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