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Exploring Challenges and Strategies in Partnering With Community-Based Organizations to Advance Intervention Development and Implementation With Older Adults
The Gerontologist, v 62(8), pp 1104-1111
27 Dec 2021
PMID: 34958098
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Abstract
Minoritized older adults face multiple health inequities and disparities, but are less likely to benefit from evidence-based health care interventions. With the increasing diversity of the U.S. aging population, there is a great promise for gerontology researchers to partner with racial/ethnic minority organizations and underrepresented communities to develop and implement evidence-based health interventions. Community-Based Participatory Research and Implementation Science offer guidance and strategies for researchers to develop and sustain community partnerships. However, researchers partnering with community organizations continue to face challenges in these collaborations, study outcomes, and sustainability. This may be especially true for those junior in their career trajectory or new to community-engaged research. The purpose of this forum article is to detail critical challenges that can affect gerontology researcher-community partnerships and relationships from the perspective of researchers. Seven challenges (pre- or mid-intervention design, implementation, and postimplementation phases) described within the Equity-focused Implementation Research for health programs framework are identified and discussed. Potential solutions are also presented. Planning for potential obstacles of the researcher-community partnerships can inform innovative solutions that will facilitate successful partnerships, thereby promoting the advancement of collaborative research between academic institutions and community organizations to improve older adult health outcomes.
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- Title
- Exploring Challenges and Strategies in Partnering With Community-Based Organizations to Advance Intervention Development and Implementation With Older Adults
- Creators
- Manka Nkimbeng - University of MinnesotaHae-Ra Han - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Sarah L. Szanton - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Kamila A. Alexander - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Melissa Davey-Rothwell - BloombergJarod T. Giger - University of KentuckyLaura N. Gitlin - Drexel UniversityJin Hui Joo - Johns Hopkins HospitalSokha Koeuth - Drexel UniversityKatherine A. Marx - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Chivon A. Mingo - Florida State UniversityLaura J. Samuel - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Janiece L. Taylor - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Jennifer Wenzel - School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.Jeanine M. Parisi - Bloomberg
- Publication Details
- The Gerontologist, v 62(8), pp 1104-1111
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 1F31AG057166-01 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) 1 P30 AG 059298 / Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000756767500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85136570068
- Other Identifier
- 991019169554004721
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- Gerontology