TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Conversations
T2 - Stakeholder-Identified Research Priorities to Foster Community Participation for Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disability
AU - Bendixen, Roxanna M.
AU - Benevides, Teal
AU - Ideishi, Roger
AU - Smythe, Robert
AU - Taylor, Joshua
AU - Umeda, Caroline
AU - Kerfeld, Cheryl
AU - Jirikowic, Tracy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Bendixen, Benevides, Ideishi, Smythe, Taylor, Umeda, Kerfeld and Jirikowic.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - To identify future research priorities and meaningful outcomes focused on community-level interventions for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities and families, a group underrepresented in research, we established a diverse patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) community. We focused on engaging regionally and nationally-diverse stakeholders—individuals, families, healthcare professionals, community, and policy experts—in research development activities that would build partnerships and research capacity. This community of stakeholders also represented the matrix of systems, services, and programs that people frequent in their communities (e.g., cultural arts, worship, sports and recreation, and transportation). We present the engagement process and methods for including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as stakeholders in research planning and processes. The results of planning, completing, and evaluating three face-to-face research capacity-building meetings and their subsequent stakeholder engagement activities include: (1) individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families clearly expressed a desire to be included and to feel good about their participation in community settings, (2) many of our stakeholders wanted action and change to happen in their communities now, and often did not realize or understand that research takes time, (3) organizations expressed a need for mentoring related to best practices for access and inclusive programming. Overarching issues around societal inclusion, equal opportunities, and life chances for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families were front and center across communities and multi-stakeholder groups, and achieving change remains valued and a high priority.
AB - To identify future research priorities and meaningful outcomes focused on community-level interventions for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities and families, a group underrepresented in research, we established a diverse patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) community. We focused on engaging regionally and nationally-diverse stakeholders—individuals, families, healthcare professionals, community, and policy experts—in research development activities that would build partnerships and research capacity. This community of stakeholders also represented the matrix of systems, services, and programs that people frequent in their communities (e.g., cultural arts, worship, sports and recreation, and transportation). We present the engagement process and methods for including individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as stakeholders in research planning and processes. The results of planning, completing, and evaluating three face-to-face research capacity-building meetings and their subsequent stakeholder engagement activities include: (1) individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families clearly expressed a desire to be included and to feel good about their participation in community settings, (2) many of our stakeholders wanted action and change to happen in their communities now, and often did not realize or understand that research takes time, (3) organizations expressed a need for mentoring related to best practices for access and inclusive programming. Overarching issues around societal inclusion, equal opportunities, and life chances for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families were front and center across communities and multi-stakeholder groups, and achieving change remains valued and a high priority.
KW - community engagement
KW - community participation
KW - inclusion
KW - intellectual and developmental disability
KW - research capacity building
KW - stakeholder engagement
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U2 - 10.3389/fresc.2022.873415
DO - 10.3389/fresc.2022.873415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85174919706
SN - 2673-6861
VL - 3
JO - Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
JF - Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
M1 - 873415
ER -