Lessons learnt from promising practices in community engagement for the elimination of new HIV infections in children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive: summary of a desk review

While there is a wealth of literature on community-campus engagement (CCE) that incorporates student perspectives from course-based community service learning settings, the stories of students involved in longer-term CCE projects remain underexplored. This paper addresses this gap by examining the experiences of students working as research assistants (RAs) within a multi-year Canadian CCE project, “Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement” (CFICE). Drawing on interviews with RAs, student insights from a general evaluation of the CFICE project, and the authors’ own reflections, we consider the ways in which meaningful, long-standing engagements with community partners as part of community-first CCE projects provide students with both enhanced opportunities and challenges as they navigate the complexities of intersecting academic and community worlds. Further, this paper identifies promising practices to improve student experiences and the overall impact of longer-term community-campus partnerships and program management structures.

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Leveraging Community Engagement: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Reducing New HIV Infections Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities ◽

10.1007/s40615-019-00691-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 193-201

Author(s):

Paul A. Burns ◽

Michelle S. Williams ◽

Leandro A. Mena ◽

Marino A. Bruce ◽

Melverta Bender ◽

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Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Black Men ◽

Hiv Infections ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Organizations ◽

Sex With Men

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Integrated digital system for community engagement and community-based surveillance during the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: lessons for future health emergencies

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003936 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (12) ◽

pp. e003936

Author(s):

Mohamed F Jalloh ◽

Paul Sengeh ◽

Nyuma James ◽

Saiku Bah ◽

Mohammad B Jalloh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

Reporting System ◽

Scale Up ◽

Time Data ◽

Community Based ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Lessons Learnt ◽

Essential Components

Community engagement and community-based surveillance are essential components of responding to infectious disease outbreaks, but real-time data reporting remains a challenge. In the 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the Social Mobilisation Action Consortium was formed to scale-up structured, data-driven community engagement. The consortium became operational across all 14 districts and supported an expansive network of 2500 community mobilisers, 6000 faith leaders and 42 partner radio stations. The benefit of a more agile digital reporting system became apparent within few months of implementing paper-based reporting given the need to rapidly use the data to inform the fast-evolving epidemic. In this paper, we aim to document the design, deployment and implementation of a digital reporting system used in six high transmission districts. We highlight lessons learnt from our experience in scaling up the digital reporting system during an unprecedented public health crisis. The lessons learnt from our experience in Sierra Leone have important implications for designing and implementing similar digital reporting systems for community engagement and community-based surveillance during public health emergencies.

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Community engagement in Genomics research; Challenges and lessons learnt in the AWI-Gen study at Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) Site, South Africa

AAS Open Research ◽

10.12688/aasopenres.13076.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 38

Author(s):

Felistas Mashinya ◽

Marianne Alberts ◽

Reneilwe G. Mashaba ◽

Paulina O. Tindana

Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Health Research ◽

Surveillance System ◽

Phase 1 ◽

Research Process ◽

Demographic Surveillance System ◽

Phase 1 Study ◽

Lessons Learnt ◽

Genomics Research ◽

Integral Process

As health research often requires consent from participants and permission from community gate keepers, community engagement is considered an integral process of health research. Community engagement is also important in building trust between the research team and participants, gathering information on the needs and expectations of the community with respect to the project and present the community with an opportunity to gain more information on the goals of the research. Although there are published guidelines on how to conduct community engagement activities, the concept itself and the way in which it is put into practice is highly contextual. In this paper we reflect on the community engagement strategy used in the AWI-Gen Phase 1 study at the Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Dikgale HDSS) site, the challenges encountered throughout the research process and the lessons learnt. Lastly, we highlight possible improvements to the CE strategic framework for AWI-Gen Phase 2 in Dikgale HDSS that may enhance the participation of the community.

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Lessons learnt from implementing community engagement interventions in mobile hard-to-reach (HTR) projects in Nigeria, 2014–2015

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-018-6193-z ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (S4) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kulchumi Isa Hammanyero ◽

Samuel Bawa ◽

Fiona Braka ◽

Bassey Enya Bassey ◽

Akinola Fatiregun ◽

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Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Lessons Learnt ◽

Engagement Interventions

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Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe15.2.77 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 77-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ketevan Mamiseishvili

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Work Setting ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Faculty Work ◽

College And University ◽

Teaching Research ◽

University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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