The NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s Community Health Improvement Core has developed a new resource on community health improvement in embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs).
The Community Health Improvement in Pragmatic Clinical Trials guide includes information for research teams including:
- A clear definition of community health improvement in the context of ePCTs
- Examples of challenges to be addressed
- Information on how community health is integrated within research and ePCTs
- Examples of efforts to promote community health in clinical trials
“Realizing the goals of community health improvement requires purposeful effort to ensure that all community members can benefit from the innovations being generated through the NIH Collaboratory, especially those who need them most. We hope this new resource helps research teams plan for and embed community health improvement into their trials,” said Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, cochair of the Community Health Improvement Core and a professor in the Duke University School of Nursing.
The Community Health Improvement Core provides leadership and guidance that will help the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory, its trials and investigators, and ultimately the research community at large conduct research that can improve the health of all populations. The Core’s work includes supporting ePCTs to address gaps in access to quality care, implementing patient and community engagement strategies, and developing person- and community-centered research and translation methods that are contextually aligned.