Community-engaged research
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Community-engaged research (CEnR) is the process of working collaboratively with groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interests, or similar situations with respect to issues affecting their well-being. One of the most widely used forms of community-engaged research is community-based participatory research (CBPR),[1] though it also encompasses action research and participatory action research. Another form of community-engaged research is integrated knowledge translation (iKT),[2] defined as "an approach to doing research that applies the principles of knowledge translation to the entire research process". The iKT evolves around the concept of engaging[3] different levels of knowledge users (community members, organizations working in the community, and policy makers)[3][4] as equal partners in the research activities so that research outputs are more relevant to, and more likely to be useful to, the knowledge users.
Community-engaged research arose in response to historical abuse of marginalized people by researchers, who failed to consider the needs of the community and potential benefits of the research. Types of CEnR include action research, community-based participatory research (CBPR), and participatory action research (PAR). The field of CEnR has grown rapidly since 2005.[5]