title: Much Ventured, Much Gained: Community-Engaged Data Collection by Adolescents and Young Adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Community-engaged data collection offers an important opportunity to build community capacity to harness the power of data and create social change.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To share lessons learned from engaging 16 adolescents and young adults from a partner community to collect data for a public opinion survey as part of a broader community-based participatory research (CBPR) project.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted an analysis of archival documents, process data, and an assessment of survey assistants' experiences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High-quality data were collected from a hard-to-reach population. Survey assistants benefited from exposure to research and gained professional skills. Key challenges included conducting surveys in challenging environments and managing schedule constraints during the school year. The tremendous investment made by project partners was vital for success.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Investments required to support engaged data collection were larger than anticipated, as were the rewards, prompting greater attention to the integration of adolescents and young adults in research efforts.
authors.forename: Shoba
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramanadhan
authors.forename: Rebekah H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Nagler
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: McCauley
authors.forename: Vilma
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lora
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minsky
authors.forename: Carmenza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bruff
authors.forename: Yudy F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Muneton
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: McCloud
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puleo
authors.forename: Kasisomayajula
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Viswanath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D057191:Capacity Building; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D055815:Young Adult