Exploring the perspectives of community members as research partners in rural and remote areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community engagement in research has the potential to support the development of meaningful health promotion interventions to address health inequities. People living in rural and remote areas face increased barriers to participation in health research and may be unjustly excluded from participation. It is necessary to understand the process of patient and public engagement from the perspective of community members to support partnered research in underserved areas. The aim of this project was to increase understanding on how to include community members from rural and remote areas as partners on research teams.

Methods

Using purposive sampling, we completed semi-structured interviews with a representative sample of 12 community members in rural and remote areas o

SUBMITTER: Pelletier CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990467 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature