Lessons Learned from Conducting Health Behavior Research in an Under-Resourced, Urban Community

Abstract

Existing literature discusses challenges in conducting community-engaged health behavior interventions. However, discussions associated with the barriers to executing community-engaged health behavior research with vulnerable populations are limited in the literature. This current issue provides lessons learned for the purpose of improving community-engaged research within communities that are under- resourced. The lessons learned stem from challenges with the recruitment and enrollment procedures and study design with a previous qualitative community-engaged research project. The research recommendations proposed are geared toward students preparing to engage in dissertation research and early-stage investigators who are interested in conducting research in under-resourced communities.

Keywords

• community-engaged research
• community advisor board
• community based participatory research
• early- stage investigators
• health behavior research
• mentoring