Get Involved In Research
Watch the Research Training Guides that we created to learn more about why research partnerships are important and how community members can get involved with research.
Research Partnering for Long-term Change
Guide A
Guide A explains why partnerships with community members are important, provides an overview of key research “ingredients” and outlines steps of the research process to help non-researcher stakeholders understand why research takes time.
Benevides, T.W., Bendixen, R., Smythe, R., Ideishi, R., & Jirikowic, T. (n.d.). Research partnering for long-term change. A product of the ‘Participation and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ project (PCORI Eugene Washington Engagement Award #5694).
Research Partnerships and Roles
Guide B
Guide B introduces stakeholders to different roles a person can take in a research partnership and levels of involvement, from less involvement (as in being a participant or board member) to more involvement (as in being a consultant or co-leader) are described.
Bendixen, R., Smythe, R., Benevides, T.W., Ideishi, R., & Jirikowic, T. (n.d.). Research partnership and roles. A product of the ‘Participation and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ project. (PCORI Eugene Washington Engagement Award #5694).
Community Research Partner Roles
Guide C
Guide C provides people with information to help them understand expectations, such as time commitments and what people would do in different research partnership roles, to help them decide how they would like to be involved in research.