Abstract

Existing literature discusses challenges in conducting community-engaged health behavior interventions. However, discussions associated with the barriers to executing community-engaged health behavior research with vulnerable populations are limited in the literature. This current issue provides lessons learned for the purpose of improving community-engaged research within communities that are under-resourced. The lessons learned stem from challenges with the recruitment and enrollment procedures and study design with a previous qualitative community-engaged research project. The research recommendations proposed are geared toward students preparing to engage in dissertation research and early-stage investigators who are interested in conducting research in under-resourced communities.

Keywords: community-engaged research, community advisor board, community based participatory research, early-stage investigators, health behavior research, mentoring

How to Cite:

Kirk, K. F., Schuler, B. & Hernandez, D. C., (2022) “Lessons Learned from Conducting Health Behavior Research in an Under-Resourced, Urban Community”, Health Behavior Research 5(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1153