Young Tiffany L, Carter-Edwards Lori, Frerichs Leah, Green Melissa A, Hassmiller-Lich Kristen, Quarles Elisa, Dave Gaurav, Corbie-Smith Giselle
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2021 Jan;22(1):63-71. doi: 10.1177/1524839919858592. Epub 2019 Jul 17.
Cultivating strong partnerships among community and academic stakeholders expedites the translation of research findings into practice and communities by enhancing opportunities for research dissemination and implementation. However, the lack of systematic methods for community stakeholder engagement may decelerate the translational research process. The North Carolina Translational Research and Clinical Sciences Institute implemented an innovative approach to community engagement called the Action Learning Cohort (ALC) Series. The ALC Series, a workgroup extension of a professional conference, used action learning and systems thinking strategies to conceptualize and develop a product aimed at preventing, treating, and controlling hypertension in eastern North Carolina. We evaluated the acceptability and practicality of the ALC Series using survey, focus group, and interview pilot data. Action learning and systems thinking strategies led ALC stakeholders to develop and disseminate The Empathy Building Resource Guide: A Toolkit for Enhancing Patient-Provider Relationships in the Treatment, Management, and Prevention of Hypertension. Stakeholders rated the Series as satisfactory and acknowledged gains in knowledge and desire for engagement with fellow ALC stakeholders beyond the Series. The ALC Series approach is a potentially practical and acceptable model for systematically engaging community stakeholders in translating knowledge into a product that addresses health topics like hypertension.
在社区和学术利益相关者之间建立强大的伙伴关系，通过增加研究传播和实施的机会，加速了研究成果向实践和社区的转化。然而，缺乏系统的社区利益相关者参与方法可能会减缓转化研究进程。北卡罗来纳转化研究与临床科学研究所实施了一种名为行动学习小组（ALC）系列的创新社区参与方法。ALC系列是专业会议的一个工作组延伸，采用行动学习和系统思维策略来构思和开发一种旨在预防、治疗和控制北卡罗来纳州东部高血压的产品。我们使用调查、焦点小组和访谈试点数据评估了ALC系列的可接受性和实用性。行动学习和系统思维策略促使ALC利益相关者开发并传播了《同理心建立资源指南：高血压治疗、管理和预防中增强医患关系的工具包》。利益相关者对该系列给予了满意评价，并认可在知识方面有所收获，以及渴望在系列活动之外与其他ALC利益相关者进行互动。ALC系列方法是一种潜在实用且可接受的模式，用于系统地让社区利益相关者参与将知识转化为解决高血压等健康问题的产品。
