Community-engaged research in vascular surgery: An approach to decrease amputation disparities and effect population-level change.

Autor: Minc SD; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, PO Box 8003, Morgantown, WV 26506; Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, Morgantown, WV. Electronic address: samantha.minc@wvumedicine.org., Powell C; Division of Vascular Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI., Drudi LM; Division of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Young L; Pocahontas County Family Resource Network, Pocahontas County, WV., Kempe K; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK., Ochoa L; San Antonio Vascular and Endovascular Clinic, San Antonio, TX., Peek M; Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL., Dino G; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Virginia Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Seminars in vascular surgery [Semin Vasc Surg] 2023 Mar; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 100-113. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 22.
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.12.001
Abstrakt: Community-engaged research (CEnR) is a powerful tool to create sustainable and effective change in health outcomes. CEnR engages community members as equal partners, amplifying their voices and priorities by including them throughout the research process. Such engagement increases the relevance and meaning of research, improves the translation of research findings into sustainable health policy and practice, and ultimately enhances mutual trust among academic, clinical, and community partners for ongoing research partnership. There are a number of key principles that must be considered in the planning, design, and implementation of CEnR. These principles are focused on inclusive representation and participation, community empowerment, building community capacity, and protecting community self-determination. Although vascular surgeons may not be equipped to address these issues from the ground up by themselves, they should work with a team who can help them incorporate these elements into their CEnR project designs and proposals. This may be best accomplished by collaborating with researchers and community-based organizations who already have this expertise and have established social capital within the community. This article describes the theory and principles of CEnR, its relevance to vascular surgeons, researchers, and patients, and how using CEnR principles in vascular surgery practice, research, and outreach can benefit our patient population, with a specific focus on reducing disparities related to amputation.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Interests The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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