Improving Community-Engaged Implementation Science: Perspectives From “Ending the HIV Epidemic” Supplement Award Cases in the United States

作者：Laura K. Beres, Audrey Harkness, Jessica Corcoran, Reva Datar, Amy Corneli, Jonathan Ross, Maria Pyra, Katherine B. Rucinski, Gabriela Betancourt, Phillip Marotta, Pedro Serrano, Christopher G. Kemp, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Stefan Baral, Sheree Schwartz, Debbie Humphries · 发表于：JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1097/qai.0000000000003618 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Health Policy Implementation Science、Mental Health and Patient Involvement、Community Health and Development

BACKGROUND: Community-engaged research (CEnR) is fundamental to effective HIV prevention and treatment implementation, although limited in practice. We describe CEnR lessons learned by researchers in HIV-related implementation science to improve future CEnR. SETTING: Academic-community research partnerships funded by the 2019-2021 National Institutes of Health Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) supplement awards. METHODS: Seven individual awardees representing 8 EHE awards documented partnership characteristics and key CEnR experiences in an online form. Three semi-structured reflection sessions subsequently discussed experiences, identifying opportunities and barriers using qualitative thematic analysis, iterative dialogue, and illustrative case studies. RESULTS: Awardees identified both partnerships newly established for the grant (60%) and preexisting collaborations (40%). Key perceived CEnR benefits included: new and better project ideas; improved project implementation; and priorities to guide future research. Prominent barriers included: administrative burdens resulting in delayed funding access that constrained partner engagement; limited grant timelines and funding for essential preimplementation partnership building; and limited recognition of key CEnR activities in academic success metrics. Adaptive responses to barriers included focusing short award periods on exploratory aims and building on extant community activities. CONCLUSIONS: Systems-level redesign at the funder...