Wednesday, June 14, 2023

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Uppsala Biomedical Centre - Room A3.117

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This workshop will create a forum for the exchange of ideas among those conducting or planning research that engages vulnerable or marginalized people. First, we will summarize best practices and ethical considerations. For example, we will draw on recommendations by the Physical Activity Research Center for recruiting diverse youth for physical activity research. Second, we will present and discuss case studies of research projects that engaged under-resourced communities in Texas and Louisiana. Lastly, audience members will have the opportunity to outline and share recruitment/retention strategies for their own research by applying considerations highlighted in the first part of the workshop. We will work to incorporate ideas of promoting health equity and addressing social determinants of health in ways that facilitate community autonomy, agency, and power. By the end of the session, participants will be familiarized with key engagement and recruitment strategies for rural, low-income, and minoritized racial/ethnic groups. Attendees should leave with a better understanding of how to design research studies that engage community members in development stages and consider the unique lived experience of the people asked to participate. These strategies will result in high levels of engagement and inclusion, with the overarching goal to promote health equity.

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