Community Based Research
Community-based research brings researchers together with members of the community
to:
- Identify issues
- Collect, analyze and interpret the data
- Decide how to use the results to:
- Inform policy
- Change practice
- Improve conditions in the community
The following principles inform community-based HIV research:
- Community driven
- Community relevance
- Equitable partnerships and collaboration
- Capacity building
- Anti-oppression framework
- Attending to process
- Multiple forms of knowledge
- Action outcomes
The OHTN actively supports and encourages quality HIV-related community-based research
in Ontario by:
- Building strong networks among community members, academic researchers and policy
makers and service providers to develop competitive research proposals that address
community priorities
- Enhancing the research capacity of community-based organizations by providing career
support, assistance with grant writing, and funding protocol development for community-based
researchers
- Promote the exchange of knowledge created by it