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- Title
A Systematic Review of Community Engagement in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Extramural Research Solicitations: Implications for Research Funders.
- Authors
Yuen, Tina; Park, Alice N.; Seifer, Sarena D.; Payne-Sturges, Devon
- Abstract
Objectives. We systematically reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research's (NCER's) requests for applications (RFAs) and identified strategies that NCER and other funders can take to bolster community engagement. Methods. We queried NCER's publically available online archive of funding opportunities from fiscal years 1997 to 2013. Froman initial list of 211 RFAs that met our inclusion criteria, 33 discussed or incorporated elements of community engagement. We examined these RFAs along 6 dimensions and the degree of alignments between them. Results. We found changes over time in the number of RFAs that included community engagement, variations in how community engagement is defined and expected, inconsistencies between application requirements and peer review criteria, and the inclusion of mechanisms supporting community engagement in research. Conclusions. The results inform a systematic approach to developing RFAs that support community engagement in research.
- Subjects
PATIENT participation; COMMUNITY-based social services; ACTION research; ENDOWMENT of research; PROFESSIONAL peer review; PUBLIC relations; RESEARCH funding; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2015, Vol 105, Issue 12, pe44
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2015.302811