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. 2023 Nov;61(11):632-635.
doi: 10.1038/s41393-023-00926-x. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Promoting community engagement in spinal cord injury research: a case example

Olivia M Biller #  1   2 , Jason Biundo #  3 , Edward S-L Mitchell  4 , Bonnie Richardson  5 , Ian Burkhart  5 , Rachel Y Kim  1 , Nicole M Gerhardt  6 , M J Mulcahey  1
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Promoting community engagement in spinal cord injury research: a case example

Olivia M Biller et al. Spinal Cord. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

Community engagement is an important method of knowledge translation in spinal cord injury (SCI) research where researchers collaborate with people with lived experience, care partners, and other research users to improve the quality of research. This perspective article aims to promote community engagement in SCI research by describing useful resources for its implementation and providing an example project using the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC) process for such partnerships. Researchers from the Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences' (JCRS) Center for Outcomes and Measurement engaged NASCIC to create an advisory committee composed of four people living with SCI to make recommendations for the methods of a large-scale study to develop a clinical outcome assessment. The advisory committee made usable recommendations for enhancing recruitment methods and reducing burden and barriers to participation. The successful partnership between NASCIC and JCRS shows the feasibility and value of SCI community engagement in research.

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