Table 8 Competencies related to equity

Engaging the community

 Understand the stakeholders that should be engaged

Understand the value of early engagement of stakeholders/End-user knowledge and experience being valued equally with that of professionals/ Outline an engagement process that will gain support from relevant stakeholders to ensure feasibility of the study plan

Ensure research is meaningful/Equity in relationship building: Prioritize questions with high relevance to stakeholders/assess fit for their population

Participatory Approaches: How Can CBPR GuideTranslation and Dissemination?

Be able to engage stakeholder groups appropriately to gather perspectives and opinions/improve practice partnerships/Describe the importance of incorporating partners /Describe the importance of incorporating the perspectives of different stakeholder groups (e.g., patient/family, employers, payers, healthcare settings, public organizations, community, and policy makers)./Build relationships with community members and community-based organizations in order to engage multiple perspectives on the problem/skills in engaging relevant stakeholders (including the public, healthcare providers, managers, and policy makers) to facilitate an integrated KT approach/stakeholder engagement/Engage (or encourage others to engage) in action planning to resolve anticipated and unanticipated implementation issues/ Understand the benefit of and how to communicate with relevant stakeholders/Brokering: Enable knowledge exchange and sharing among stakeholders to increase understanding of diverse perspectives and increase the application of implementation science to improve outcomes/integrate strategies within D&I research to facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement (e.g., shared power, shared decision-making, co-learning)/ Engaging: intervention participants: Recruit intervention participants via multiple publication media/channels

Describe the appropriate process for eliciting input from community-based practitioners for adapting an intervention./Know methods of engaging and involving stakeholders at all key points of ETP implementation (planning, implementation, evaluation, sustainability), to incorporate stakeholder interests in the process

Identify all key stakeholders, define the nature of their stake in the change and determine their level of buy-in for the change

Integrate strategies within D&I research to facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement (e.g., shared power, shared decision-making, co-learning)

Methods and Approaches

External Validity: Why it Matters/ Understand the relevance of study design and choice of target group to external validity and ultimate translatability.

Be aware of models and methods for facilitating stakeholders' engagement and participation

Identify and apply techniques for stakeholder analysis and engagement when implementing evidence-based practices/ Understand how to identify relevant nonacademic stakeholders in research and how and when to engage with them to aid in movement across research stages and translation into practice/Apprise (analysis & evaluation levels) the role of community engagement as a strategy for identifying community health issues, translating health research to communities and reducing health disparities/Engage stakeholders

Apply methods to find patient and community needs

Develop design requirements from needs

Co-design: Co-design tools, resources, and models through participatory, iterative processes and consensus building

Explain the special issues that arise in research with vulnerable participants and the need for additional safeguards

Scaling community models

Design strategies to address the multi-level influences of health inequities as it relates to the implementation of an evidence-based intervention

Be able to strategise to address inequities in implementation/Describe studies that recognize the determinants of health disparities

Identify the potential impact of disseminating, implementing, and sustaining effective interventions, including assessments of equity and representativeness

Develop strategies to promote equity in resource distribution across all external research partners, including community partners or other external organizations and the researcher's institution

Health Literacy and Cultural Competency

Discuss the role of health literacy principles of human subjects in their ability to learn, retrain, and practice health information

Specify (synthesis level) how cultural and linguistic competence and health literacy have an impact on the conduct of community engaged research.

Differentiate between cultural and population diversity principles.

Summarize the importance of ethically and culturally competent clinical and community-based research in D&I science