Engaging Immigrant and Racialized Communities in Community-Based Participatory Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities

This study examines the challenges of using community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 brings unique challenges to this approach due to social distancing and the closure of key community organizations. They identify three key challenges: flexibility to pivot when needed, inequity in research participation, and the well-being of the research team. The study focuses on impacts for immigrant and communities of color and examines intersectionality’s with age and gender.

Resource Details

• Population: Adults Aged 65 and Older|Non U.S. Born Persons
• Topics of Practice: Data Collection and Analysis
• Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Partnership Building
• Level of Evidence: Promising
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
• Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: Yes