Community Engagement
The Great Plains IDeA-CTR provides training, education, mentorship and resources to community partners and researchers.
The Great Plains IDeA-CTR is committed to fostering collaborative partnerships between researchers, healthcare providers, and community members to advance clinical and translational research (CTR). Our mission is to enhance recruitment and retention of varying populations in research studies by integrating community-engaged research principles into every facet of our initiatives.
Our approach emphasizes multidirectional communication, allowing us to identify, prioritize, and elevate health concerns directly from the community. By fostering open dialogue and disseminating findings effectively, we ensure that research outcomes are accessible and beneficial to all stakeholders involved.
Community Benefits
Community-Engaged Research Institute
An intensive program providing training opportunities for community members, researchers, and stakeholders interested in participatory research.
Community-Engaged Research Interest Group
This seminar series addresses important questions around community-engaged research.
Community Collaborator's Registry
This resource helps initiate collaborations between community partners and researchers.
Consultations
Our consultations provide such assistance as initiating partnerships, funding opportunity searches, study design, regulatory submissions and recruitment tactics.
Rural Health
The Great Plains IDeA-CTR helped to fund this video about the importance of language translation at the Lexington (NE) Regional Health Center.