1.20 Community Involvement in Outreach Activities and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

Last Revised: 1/17/2024

1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to describe the Organization’s outreach activities to enhance the public’s understanding of research, obtain feedback about any community concerns, disseminate results of research conducted by the Organization and encourage involvement of the community in the research process.


2.0 Policy

It is the policy of the Organization that:


3.0. Outreach Activities for Education of the Community


4.0. Outreach activities specifically directed at community education regarding current and proposed research studies.


5.0. Outreach activities directed at involvement of the community in Research Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Research Results (CBPR).


6.0. Evaluation of Outreach Activities


7.0. IRB Responsibilities


DOCUMENT HISTORY:

 Written: 4/14/2016 (Approved: 4/14/2016) - original author not recorded

 Revied: 2/12/2018 - revision not documented

 Revised: 6/2/2023 – amended numbering of section 3.2, made formatting and syntax corrections, updated sections 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 to reflect current materials.

 Revised: 7/6/2023 – extensive modifications and additions to sections 3, 4, 5, and 6.

 Revised: 1/17/2024 – added section 7.0 defining IRB responsibilities regarding review of CBPR research.


Revision #11
Created 21 October 2019 21:50:34 by Autumn M Eberly
Updated 17 April 2025 15:32:40 by Robert A Lewis