From: Community engagement in kidney research: Guatemalan experience
Community leaders response N = 62 Engagement Principle | Median score (Q1, Q3) | Level of agreement (Omega coefficient) |
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Engagement Principle 1: Focus on local relevance and social determinants of health | 5 (5, 5) | 0.90 |
Focus on issues important to my community | ||
Focus on health problems that the community thinks are important | ||
Focus on the combined interaction of factors (i.e., personal, social, economic…) that influence health status | ||
Focus on cultural factors that influence health behaviors | ||
Engagement Principle 2: Acknowledgment in the community | 5 (4, 5) | 0.90 |
Show appreciation for community time and effort | ||
Highlight the community’s involvement | ||
Give credit to community members and others for work | ||
Value community perspectives | ||
Engagement Principle 3: Dissemination findings and knowledge gained to all participants | 5 (4, 5) | 0.88 |
Let community members know what is going on with the project | ||
Help community members with problems of their own | ||
Empower community members with knowledge gained from a joint activity | ||
Get findings and information to community members | ||
Help community members disseminate information using community publications | ||
Engagement Principle 4: Seek and use the input of community partners | 5 (4, 5) | 0.88 |
Ask community members for input | ||
Use the ideas and input of community members | ||
Change plans as a result of community input | ||
Involve community members in making key decisions | ||
Ask community members for help with specific tasks | ||
Engagement Principle 5: Involve a cyclical and iterative process in pursuit of objectives | 5 (4, 5) | 0.95 |
Share the results of how things turned out with the community | ||
Seek community input and help at multiple stages of the process | ||
Inform the community of what happened when their ideas were tried | ||
Plan for ongoing problem solving | ||
Involve the community in determining next steps |