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Shifting To Virtual Cbpr Protocols In The Time Of Corona Virus/Covid-19, Elizabeth Salerno Valdez, Aline Gubrium
Shifting To Virtual Cbpr Protocols In The Time Of Corona Virus/Covid-19, Elizabeth Salerno Valdez, Aline Gubrium
Health Promotion and Policy Faculty Publication Series
COVID-19 has upended community based participatory research (CBPR) projects across the United States and globally. COVID-19 disproportionately impacts historically disenfranchised communities and communities of color, the very communities that CBPR is meant to engage, elevate, and support. In-person activities that help develop rapport and research protocols, build capacity, conduct collaborative data collection and analysis, disseminate findings to the community, and engage in sustainability planning are an impossible practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this article is to describe the challenges and facilitators of shifting to a virtual/online CBPR protocol with a Massachusetts community disproportionately affected by COVID19, as …