title: Community-researcher partnerships at NIAID HIV/AIDS clinical trials sites: insights for evaluation and enhancement.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Community engagement has been a cornerstone of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)'s HIV/AIDS clinical trials programs since 1990. Stakeholders now consider this critical to success, hence the impetus to develop evaluation approaches.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to assess the extent to which community advisory boards (CABs) at HIV/AIDS trials sites are being integrated into research activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  CABs and research staff (RS) at NIAID research sites were surveyed for how each viewed (a) the frequency of activities indicative of community involvement, (b) the means for identifying, prioritizing, and supporting CAB needs, and (c) mission and operational challenges.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, CABs and RS share similar views about the frequency of community involvement activities. Cluster analysis reveals three groups of sites based on activity frequency ratings, including a group notable for CAB-RS discordance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Assessing differences between community and researcher perceptions about the frequency of and challenges posed by specific engagement activities may prove useful in developing evaluation tools for assessing community engagement in collaborative research settings.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kagan
authors.forename: Scott R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rosas
authors.forename: Rona L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Siskind
authors.forename: Russell D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gondwe
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Munroe
authors.forename: William M K
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Trochim
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Schouten
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003142:Communication; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D054579:National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.) / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D014481:United States