Community-engaged research: Bringing the science of developmental psychopathology into the real world
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The science of developmental psychopathology has made outstanding progress over the past 40 years in understanding adaptive and maladaptive developmental processes across the life span. Yet most of this work has been researcher driven with little involvement of community partners in the research process, limiting the potential public health significance of our work. To continue to advance the field we must move beyond the physical and conceptual walls of our research laboratories and into the real world. In this article, we define and describe the importance of community-engaged research, and present our overarching principles for engaging the community including practicing respect, shared power and decision-making, prioritizing the needs of the community, and engaging in consistent and transparent communication. We present several associated recommendations for best practice and highlight examples from our own research that is grounded in a developmental psychopathology perspective to illustrate these practices. Recommendations for the future of the discipline of development and psychopathology, with emphasis on training and continuing education, are described.
Source: Development and Psychopathology
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
Funders: National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Materials Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1428040382, G200910566, G3291718558, G3948463911, G4429476466, G4498775580, Research Training in Childhood Stress, Trauma, and Resilience, G668404854, G7021782517, EMBEDDING MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION WITHIN PRENATAL HOME VISITING TO PREVENT CHILD MALTREATMENT AND VIOLENCE EXPOSURE, Development and implementation of a digital sleep intervention for preschoolers in foster care, G9000291233, G9000298498, COBRE for Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR), Enriching the Rhode Island Child Health Study
OpenAlex ID: W4403140807