Public Health Culture: 50. Building Community Trust in Research: Strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from the field

50. Building Community Trust in Research: Strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from the field

May 12, 2021

Leonore Okwara, MPH is CEO and Founder of Public Health Research Consulting, and host of the Public Health Culture Podcast. She helps researchers meet the unique needs of the community and the funders in two ways: 1) hosting community engagement in research webinars and trainings to equip researchers with strategies on building community trust in research, and 2) providing program management trainings to help researchers manage their grant-funded research studies with ease.

Joyee Washington, MS, MPH, CHES is CEO and Founder of Joyee Washington Consulting, LLC. She is a public health and education research consultant who works with communities, organizations, and institutions to help them conduct more effective research and build more impactful programs for sustainable solutions.

We are collaborating to bring an opportunity to public health students, professionals, and researchers. We are calling this a Research Roundtable, "Building community trust in research: Strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from the field."

In This Episode We Cover:

Our own experiences and challenges working as community-engaged researchers
How we build healthier communities, aim for prevention, strive for equity
The importance of putting public health research into action
Getting over your own ego as a researcher
How it looks to overcome challenges as a community-engaged researcher
How to equip the next researcher with tools to make their research impact a sustainable solution
The importance of sustaining the positive impact of your research and how crucial sustainability is for the community
The solution to building community trust in research and equipping the research community with the knowledge from other experienced researchers so that they can create more sustainable solutions in public health
How to register for the Research Roundtable happening on May 27th at 7pm EST
The benefits of registering for the Research Roundtable: Receive a “toolbox” of research best practices so you don’t have to figure it out yourself, interactive discussion, convenience of virtual space, resource guide and worksheet, access to the recording, giveaways, and much more.

We are running a special of $37 until May 26th in honor of Lupus Awareness Month! If you don’t know, Joyee Washington has Lupus and shared her story on Instagram. Follow her to read her story!

We’re on Clubhouse! Join our club PH Research in Action. We have two wonderful discussions planned for the month of May.