title: Community-Engaged Strategies to Promote Relevance of Research Capacity-Building Efforts Targeting Community Organizations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study goal is to highlight strategies for promoting relevance of research capacity-building efforts targeting community organizations (CO)s.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two community partners, representing two COs, were invited to participate in CO research development trainings, Community Research Forums (Forum)s. Their contributions were documented via Forum document review. Forum participants, representatives from other COs, completed post-Forum surveys to identify additional training needs and rate Forum impact relative to their training expectations. A content-based analysis and descriptive statistics were used to summarize needs assessment- and impact-related survey responses, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Community partners were involved in eight Forum-related activities including marketing (planning), facilitation (implementation), and manuscript coauthorship (dissemination). Eighty-one individuals, representing 55 COs, attended the Forums. Needs assessment responses revealed a desire for additional assistance with existing Forum topics (e.g., defining research priorities) and a need for new ones (e.g., promoting organizational buy in for research). Ninety-one percent of participants agreed that the Forum demonstrated the value of research to COs and how to create a research agenda.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Including community partners in all Forum phases ensured that CO perspectives were integrated throughout. Post-Forum needs and impact assessment results will help in tailoring, where needed, future training topics and strategies, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Stephania T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joosten
authors.affiliation: Meharry Medical College, Office for Research, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Jared D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Elzey
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: Nashville CARES, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.affiliation: Neighborhoods Resource Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine, and Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Consuelo H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D057191:Capacity Building; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020380:Needs Assessment; D016730:Program Development; D011639:Public Opinion; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: CTSA; community capacity building; community-engaged research