Building trust: Leadership reflections on community empowerment and engagement in a large urban initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trust is essential for healthy, reciprocal relationships; creating safe environments; engaging in transparent interactions; successfully negotiating power differentials; supporting equity and putting trauma informed approaches into practice. Less is known, however, about the ways that trust-building may be at the forefront of consideration during community capacity building efforts, what trust-building elements are perceived as essential for optimally engaging communities, and what practices might support these efforts.

Methods

The present study examines an evolving understanding of trust-building over the course of 3 years, from qualitative data derived during interviews with nine agency leads from a large and diverse urban community, who are spearheading communi

SUBMITTER: Lansing AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature