Seven core competencies and conditions for equitable partnerships and power sharing in community-based participatory research

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ID21879200
AutoresKim Ozano (0000-0001-8383-4577, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Wafa Alam (0000-0001-6471-8511, BRAC University), Bachera Aktar (0000-0003-0242-1792, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Linet Okoth (0009-0001-4272-4635, LVCT Health), Ivy Chumo (0000-0003-1235-719X, African Population and Health Research Center), Jessica Amegee Quach (0000-0002-9535-1342, NCD Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland), Nelly Muturi (0000-0003-2292-4338, International Rescue Committee, Nairobi, Kenya), Samuel Saidu (Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre), Ibrahim Gandi (Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre), Neele Wiltgen Georgi (0000-0003-1737-241X, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Lilian Otiso (0000-0003-0164-154X, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Abu Conteh (0000-0003-4891-5237, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre), Sally Theobald (0000-0002-9053-211X, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Laura Dean (0000-0002-4910-9707, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Rachel Tolhurst (0000-0002-3005-6641, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Robinson Karuga (0000-0003-3249-5047, LVCT Health), Jiban Karki (0000-0002-2898-3876, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Surekha Garimella (0000-0003-2706-0268, George Institute for Global Health), Vinodkumar Rao (0000-0002-8317-5759, Slum Dwellers International, Cape Town, South Africa), Anthony Mwanki (LVCT Health), Nazia Islam (0000-0002-8788-2506, BRAC), Sia Morenike Tengbe (0000-0001-7287-4426, University of Sierra Leone), Sweta Dash (George Institute for Global Health), Prasanna Saligram (George Institute for Global Health), Prasanna Subramanya Saligram (The George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi, India), Sabina Faiz Rashid (0000-0003-0916-2631, BRAC University), Sabina Rashid (BRAC University James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh), Rosie Steege (0000-0003-2120-649X, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Año2024
Volumen9
Número11
Páginase015497
Fecha de publicación2024-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015497
PMID39551576
OpenAlexW4404456010
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas63

Equitable health research requires actively engaging communities in producing new knowledge to advocate for their health needs. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) relies on the coproduction of contextual and grounded knowledge between researchers, programme implementers and community partners with the aim of catalysing action for change. Improving coproduction competencies can support research quality and validity. Yet, frameworks and guidance highlighting the ideal competencies and conditions needed for all research partners to contribute meaningfully and equitably are lacking. This paper aims to advance CBPR by laying out seven core competencies and conditions that can promote power sharing in knowledge production, application and dissemination at the individual, community, organisational and systems levels. Competencies were developed through an iterative process, that synthesised pre-existing literature and frameworks with a wide range of tacit knowledge from researchers, activists, implementation partners and community researchers from Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Sierra Leone and the UK. The seven core competencies and conditions are: (1) capacity to interpret and respond to individual and relational identity, connection, uniqueness and inequities; (2) ability of communities and partners to work in the most suitable, inclusive and synergistic way; (3) aptitude for generating safe and inclusive spaces for multidirectional knowledge and skills exchange that goes beyond the research focus; (4) expertise in democratic leadership and/or facilitation to balance competing priorities and ensure shared decision-making; (5) capacity to analyse readiness for action, successes and areas for improvements throughout the research process; (6) ability to instigate sustainable change processes within the political dimensions of systems, policies and practices using advocacy, lobbying or activism approaches and (7) skills to interpret and disseminate findings and outputs that are understandable, respectful and promote community ownership. We present core competency and condition areas, individual and collective expertise associated with competencies, likely outcomes, examples of activities and sources of evidence

Action research · Community-based participatory research · Coproduction · Deliberation · Knowledge management · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Mental Health and Patient Involvement