Community Engagement - Science topic

Happy to share that our Book proposal (Value creation in Tourism Education ) submitted to CABI publications with Dr Rajesh Ragde and Remi J. Thomas is accepted .This book aims to come up with important aspects of value creation in Tourism Education which would benefit not only the learners but also the stakeholders in Tourism Education. We invite...

Supporting students transitioning from high school into college continues to be a challenge for academics and policymakers. Composition assignments that include Kuh’s (2008) High-Impact Practices (HIP) and the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC & U) rubric and HIP tenets of Civic Learning and Community Engagement (Figure 1), hel...

This conceptual paper provides an overview of community engagement in higher education, highlighting its definition, goals, and various models of engagement. The paper explores the benefits and challenges of community engagement for both higher education institutions and communities, and presents strategies for designing and implementing effective...

Community Engagement to mitigate and respond to Public Health Emergencies in context of Climate Change

Objective This study aimed to explore the elements of a resilient community health system during the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss whether the frameworks described in previous studies can be applied to real-world situations with those who implemented the Community Engagement Strategy, a strategy to make health systems work in their communities duri...

The Indonesian economy has traditionally relied heavily on the vital contributions of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to support economic growth and national development. MSMEs not only create jobs but also drive economic growth, especially after economic crises. This community engagement focuses on the Kasembon Subdistrict in Malang R...

Roles of governemt and Non-governmental organization i.e Federal,State,Local Government.  Factors militating against the marginalized group  Effects of cultural/beliefs on marginalized group  Communication skills for marginalized group  Entrepreneuship/acquisition of skills for marginalized group 1 PREPARE BY SHEHU GARBA ADULT&NON-FORMAL EDU DE...

This paper delves into the essential role of local communities in mitigating climate change in the post-pandemic landscape, with a specific focus on Barangay Acmac, Iligan City, Philippines. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study integrates in-depth literature reviews, informal interviews with participants (B-Part 1 to B-Part 20), met...

As the Arctic and its rivers continue to warm, a better understanding of the possible future impacts on people would benefit from close partnership with Indigenous communities and scientists from diverse fields of study. We present efforts by the Arctic Rivers Project to conduct community‐engaged research to increase collective understanding of the...

The Strengthening Student Pancasila Profile Project (P5) is an implementation of the Merdeka curriculum, in which students undertake a project to enhance their competence and character in accordance with the Pancasila student profile. The community engagement team from Malang State University links the implementation of P5 to themes and project obj...

Introduction Pakistan and Afghanistan have an extensive network of community health workers (CHWs) who provide counseling to rural households on basic maternal and child care (MCH), report household service coverage, and provide referrals to health centers. An android-based mobile health application for maternal and child health was piloted in unde...

There is a growing recognition that community engagement generates spillover effects, though few empirical analyses have accounted for these often intangible and nonlinear impacts. In the broader political economy of disaster risk reduction (DRR), spillovers present participatory research and practice with opportunities for leveling the resource ar...

Photo ID 72893750 © Rawpixelimages|Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT Solidarity is a concept increasingly employed in bioethics whose application merits further clarity and explanation. Given how vital cooperation and community-level care are to mitigating communicable disease transmission, we use lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reveal how solidarity i...

Urban design and development have experienced significant changes, shifting away from traditional top-down decision-making methods. This shift has emphasized the importance of community engagement and participatory design, particularly in contested cities. Famagusta, a city affected by the ongoing division in Cyprus, highlights the urgent need for...

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In today's fast-paced urban environments, the current issue faced by communities is the impact of time urgency and stress on people's well-being. The daily rush and congestion in cities have a detrimental effect on individuals' quality of life. The hectic and fast-paced lifestyle exacerbates the sense of time urgency and contributes to what is comm...

Effective research translation and science communication are necessary for successful implementation of environmental health initiatives to improve public health. The Community Engagement Core (CEC) of the Center for Oceans and Human Health and Climate Change Interactions in the southeastern United States conducted a trio of qualitative studies to...

Background Kidney biopsies are procedures commonly performed in clinical nephrology and are increasingly used in research. In this study we aimed to evaluate the experiences of participants who underwent research kidney biopsies in the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP). Methods KPMP research participants with acute kidney injury (AKI) or ch...

This research explores Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in South West Nigeria, emphasizing its diverse ecological landscapes and burgeoning population. This study aimed to dissect the historical, socio-economic, and environmental facets of water resource management, aiming to pinpoint existing gaps and discern both challenges and avenues...

Global urbanization and increasing water demand make efficient water resource management crucial. This study employs Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) to evaluate smart city water management strategies. We use representative criteria, employ objective judgment, assign weights through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and score strategies ba...

Hospitals are perpetually challenged by concurrently improving the quality of healthcare and maintaining financial solvency. Both issues are among the top concerns for hospital executives across the United States, yet some have questioned if the efforts to enhance quality are financially sustainable. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine if eff...

Community engagement is a key strategy for achieving various goals, such as social and environmental change, sustainable development, health promotion, and community building. It involves collaborations and partnerships with the community that help mobilize resources, impact systems, rectify partner dynamics, and function as catalysts for modifying...

Background: Anganwadi workers play a crucial role in the Indian public health and nutrition system. They are frontline community health workers responsible for delivering integrated services related to maternal and child health, nutrition, early childhood care, and education. Anganwadi centers are government-sponsored childcare centers that aim to...

Despite the widespread prevalence of mental and psychological disorders, a large proportion of affected people do not receive treatment and care, especially in the Eastern Ethiopian context of the country. People with severe psychological and mental health conditions do not have access to needed guidance and counseling centers that offer consultanc...

During the last two decades, global disasters have impacted over 5.2 billion people, with economic losses exceeding USD 2.97 trillion. This underscores the critical need for inclusive risk-sensitive urban planning (RSUP) that integrates community insights. Community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) has demonstrated a potential reduction of up...

This comprehensive workbook presents a Modern Mythological Framework, a unique blend of contemporary archetypes, ethical practices, and philosophical insights aimed at fostering harmonious living in the 21st century. Drawing from diverse fields such as psychology, philosophy, environmental science, and technology, the framework offers a novel appro...

In maintained, bi-directional medical-community collaborations, partnering social organizations may request teachings for health skills from their respective health system in an immediate moment-in-time due to certain contextual factors that demand it. One such health skill is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a valuable competency that may allo...

Veteran community engagement is an evolving discipline informed by traditional community-based participatory research, veteran studies, and veterans themselves. This Special Issue suggests that research collaborations including military veterans, soldiers, and their families as co-researchers is a critical next step toward a design thinking perspec...

Book Review: Samuel Fongwa, Thierry Luescher, Ntimi Mtawa and Jesmael Mataga (eds.) 2015 Universities, Society and Development: African Perspectives of University Community Engagement in Secondary Cities: Stellenbosch: Sun Press.

Theoretical framework: This study is grounded in Social Management, a paradigm that focuses on society's deliberative process for public decisions. It also employs the Rapid Participatory and Emancipatory Research (RPER) method, an adaptation of rapid and participatory appraisals, to apply social management in rural contexts. Research objectives: I...

Background In 2020 the Health Science Center Libraries (HSCL) at the University of Florida collaborated with the Okeechobee County Public library (OCPL) on their plan to install Little Free Libraries (LFLs) within their community. It was agreed that the HSCL would provide consumer health-related materials for the Little Free Libraries and training...

Incentivizing green technologies and the role of community engagement in decision-making processes is of paramount importance. This paper discusses various types of incentives, their effectiveness, and the importance of involving the community in decisions related to environmental sustainability.

Hospitals are perpetually challenged by the dual requirements of concurrently improving the quality of healthcare and maintaining financial solvency. Both issues are among the top concerns for hospital executives across the United States, yet some have questioned if the efforts to enhance quality are financially sustainable. led us to examine if im...

Libraries engage with their surrounding community members on a daily basis. These interactions are formally known as community engagement activities. OCLC defines community engagement as “interacting, connecting and communicating” with library patrons (OCLC, 2023). This poster demonstrates ethnographic approaches studying the impetus for social wor...

Community engagement (CE) is essential to humanitarian assistance, and the social sciences have been credited in recent epidemics and disease outbreaks as having played a crucial, supportive role. Broadening this attention to other humanitarian fields, this scoping review asks what lessons learned can be found in grey and peer-reviewed literature o...

This is an executive summary of the evaluation of the University of Alabama New Faculty Tours conducted in May 2023. It includes a description of the tours, the sites that were visited, who participated, and feedback from both tour and community participants. Most of the tour stops were in the Black Belt Region of Alabama and the purpose of the tou...

In underserved communities in New York City, uninsured adults encounter a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The Heart-to-Heart Community Outreach Program (H2H) is addressing these disparities by providing screenings for diabetes and other cardiovascular disease risk factors, fostering community engagement in translational researc...

The decline in insurance penetration levels in recent years has been caused by the increasing number of cases of default by life insurance companies, as well as the revocation of business licenses for the insurance broker industry by the Financial Services Authority (OJK), which has resulted in lower interest among the insurance community. This inc...

Background: Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly infectious hemorrhagic fever disease. Four of the 6 known Ebola virus species can cause human disease. Since 1976, EVD outbreaks have been recorded sporadically in East, Central, and West Africa. Uganda has experienced 6 documented outbreaks of EVD since 2000 that can be attributed to 3 spe...

This paper examines the role of patriotism, volunteerism, and perceived empowerment in fostering community engagement during sports events. Using purposive sampling, this study employed 174 undergraduate event management students to answer questionnaires that measured patriotism, volunteerism, perceived empowerment, and community engagement. The re...

Security officers in health systems are subject to high levels of stress and current support interventions do not necessarily target their needs. To address this gap, a resilience center at a major urban tertiary care hospital utilized community engagement principles to adapt and implement resilience and mental health awareness workshops, which wer...

This study presents a sharp and critical analysis of community service activities conducted by Indonesian university actors through zoom platform. Since the onset of the 2020 pandemic, community service activities have been compelled to transition to online platforms due to the necessity of maintaining social distancing. Even after the pandemic sub...

This paper presents the first-year results of the GISEC Project that creates an academic pathway and enhances technological applications for environmental hazards awareness and community engagement in Miami-Dade County. The educational pathway articulates a career from high school to undergraduate and graduate studies. The pathway focuses on GIS, a...

The impacts of rising sea levels increasingly threaten historic coastal communities. According to Climate Central, by 2050 sea levels in Florida are expected to rise by 13 inches. In some parts of Florida, that figure moves closer to 3 feet by 2060. Cultural heritage specialists, typically part of larger multidisciplinary teams,are working with mun...

This research explores the skill set required to sustain long-term community engagement and involvement of the public in public safety. Previous research has indicated that a long-term stable and skilled implementation team is essential to successful neighbourhood policing (Curtis, 2022) and the skillset of those involved needs to be systematic and...

OBJECTIVE To explore how patients, community-based perinatal support professionals, and health system clinicians and staff perceived facilitators and barriers to implementation of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) designed to optimize Black maternal heart health. METHODS This article describes the formative work that we believed needed to occur be...

ABSTRACT Background: Tobacco smoking remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States (US), with significant rural-urban disparities. Adults who live in rural areas of the US have among the highest tobacco smoking rates in the nation and experience a higher prevalence of smoking-related deaths and deaths due to...

Multinational nature of research activities has been growing increasingly through collaboration that involves a developing country and a developed country. However, several scandals have been reported to date in such research done by the western authorities in the name of collaboration, development, or health improvement in different developing cou...

Background Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is considered taboo for young adults in many countries, but digital technologies are changing access. The Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP) consortium was developed to study how young adults use digital technologies for health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Bangladesh an...

The emerging literature on community engagement professionals (Dostilio), who occupy a 'third space' (Whitchurch) between academics and professionals within higher education, has helped construct a potentially unifying identity among staff leading community engagement activity within contemporary post-secondary institutions. This presentation criti...

As community engagement (CE) is implemented for sustainable maternal and newborn health (MNH) programming, it is important to determine how these approaches work. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have become a particular focus for MNH CE activities due to their high burden of maternal and neonatal deaths. MNH messaging and communication to...

Background: Rubella infection during the first trimester of pregnancy is a significant cause of fetal malformation syndrome, known as Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). The most prevalent abnormalities associated with CRS are hearing loss, vision impairment (primarily congenital cataracts), congenital heart disease, and global developmental delay a...

Hispanic/Latino communities have suffered a disproportionate burden of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Puerto Rico has one of the highest COVID-19 primary series vaccination rates nationwide, this estimate contrasts with the reported booster doses’ low uptake. This study aimed to assess health belief correlates of COVID-19 vaccine booster uptake. U...

As cities rapidly urbanise, poorly built infrastructure and restricted public spaces provide an impression of obscurity and vulnerability in densely populated metropolitan settings, fueling criminal activity. In response to the growing desire for cities to be safer, more livable, and sustainable, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED...

In the aftermath of the global upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a nuanced perspective emerges, underscoring the need for vigilant and strategic healthcare responses. This article delves into the intricate landscape of COVID-19 within northwest Syria, highlighting the enduring challenges and the imperative for astute resource allocation, su...

Heritage revitalisation and community engagement are essential for the conservation of religious cultural heritage. Heritage revitalisation reuses historic buildings and places as useful resources for the community. Community engagement, on the other hand, involves community residents in the process of cultural heritage conservation and inheritance...

Background and Objectives Among the older adult population living in the rural U.S., under treated cancer pain is very common. The need for interventions targeting pain management communication between older adults with cancer in rural communities and their doctors outpaces the current evidence base. Adaptation of existing pain interventions may im...

Curug Village, Gunung Sindur District, Bogor Regency intends to make Sawah Pulo a rice fields tourism destination. The tourism awareness group is the spearhead for realizing these ideals. The Curug Village Government formed a Tourism Awareness Group, Designating Kampung Sawah Pulo as a rice field tourism location in the south of Jakarta. According...

Cancer disparities continue to be a significant public health challenge, disproportionately affecting certain communities in terms of incidence, mortality, and access to quality care. Addressing these disparities requires a multifaceted approach that involves not only healthcare professionals and researchers but also the active participation and co...

It is worrisome that despite the existence of both the police and vigilantes in the various districts and communities within Dekina Local Government Area, there are still some elements of insecurity, lawlessness, intimidation, kidnapping, daylight assassinations, armed robbery and burglary etc. Hence, in assessing the impact of vigilantes in this r...

Introduction: Comprehensive cancer control (CCC) plans are state-level blueprints that identify regional cancer priorities and health equity strategies. Coalitions are encouraged to engage with community members, advocacy groups, people representing multiple sectors, and working partners throughout the development process. We describe the communit...

In the public sector, governments and the people they serve increasingly collaborate to coproduce public services. To support the coproduction of municipal services, specifically, local governments have incorporated various digital technologies into their information systems. How do digital technologies affect community residents' engagement in cop...

The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of embedding the computer-based 'Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation Series' within teacher education curricula in higher education institutions in the US and in Spain. A quantitative survey design was used to explore student teachers' perceptions of the simulation experience. The sa...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia -Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG) is a bipartisan initiative under the Parliament of Malaysia to implement and promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malaysia. The SDGs projects in Malaysia wereheld through Non-Governmental Organization or the Civil Society Organization alliance with the...

Although the definition of patient-centered care (PCC) remains unclear, researchers and healthcare professionals describe the concept as treating the patient as a unique human being with consideration for their physical and psychosocial needs and emphasize the importance of shared-decision making between patients and healthcare professionals. Howev...

Sometimes academics from different disciplines feel like they are working on different planets that orbit stars lightyears apart. Justice in energy transitions and the energy modelling literatures are no exception. While both fields share a common focus on realizing a sustainable and equitable future, rarely do equity and justice considerations ent...

Patients’ evaluations of healthcare often rely on patient satisfaction and encounter-specific approaches. Instead, valuable information can be gained by focusing on patient dissatisfaction with healthcare over time. This study examined patients’ sources of care dissatisfaction when seeking healthcare for a long-term chronic and complex disease (CCD...

The lens through which one experiences a health crisis is influenced by their personal beliefs and experiences as well as by their professional training and circumstances. Parotid (salivary) gland tumors are rare. Having more than one parotid tumor is rarer still. My experience as a clinician and researcher who was diagnosed with two parotid gland...

In this article, a case study is presented for the development of a Scholarship of Engagement (SoE) engagement database, to map the engagement footprint of the university, and develop a Knowledge Management System (KMS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in order to facilitate the process of knowledge sharing. The aim of this article is t...

Questions about how to transition away from fossil fuels toward renewables and what types ofrenewable energy projects to undertake are fraught with contention (Boudet 2019; Devine‐Wright 2005). New energy projects can prompt opposition even if their proponents engage withthe public and affected communities (Boudet 2019; Devine‐Wright 2005; Devine-W...

Criminal justice reform is a complex and multifaceted issue that requires a holistic approach to address the root causes of crime and create a fair and just system that promotes rehabilitation, reduces recidivism, and fosters community safety. Instead of building walls that perpetuate punitive and ineffective practices, we need to build bridges tha...

The research studied community engagement in conservation and the consequent regional development of the Ikogosi Warm Spring in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The research adopted an interpretivist philosophy. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistical parameters and a descriptive survey method. Findings from the research show that the exact date o...

Criminal justice reform is a complex and multifaceted issue that requires a holistic approach to address the root causes of crime and create a fair and just system that promotes rehabilitation, reduces recidivism, and fosters community safety. Instead of building walls that perpetuate punitive and ineffective practices, we need to build bridges tha...

Sustainability is about the long-term wellbeing of society, an issue that encompasses a wide range of aspirational targets including the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders that went into effect on January 1, 2016 and include, among other things, ending poverty and hunger; ensuring h...

Community-Research Advisory Councils (C-RAC) provide a unique mechanism for building sustainable community-academic partnership, fostering bidirectional understanding of complex research issues, disseminating timely research findings, and thereby improving public trust in science. Created in 2009, the Johns Hopkins C-RAC has a mission to achieve di...

OBJECTIVE The engagement of community partners, including patients, is increasingly recognized as important in developing medical education curricula. Structured methodology for partner engagement in curriculum development is lacking in the existing literature. This article describes a structured approach to engaging community partners to provide i...

Objective To gain an insight into coping strategies that people living with chronic pain use to self-manage their pain. Design This qualitative Patient-oriented Research study used the Patient and Community Engagement Research approach. It was conducted by people with chronic pain lived experience, ensuring that patient perspective and needs were...

Within the broad topic of the INVTUR 2024 conference, this session addresses the conference aims by focusing on sustainable practices in creative tourism. The recent performance and creative turns have guided tourism studies towards more active participation and tourist self-development. Creative tourism can be seen as an alternative path towards m...

Background. Community engagement is crucial for effective and sustainable sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) promotion. Community engagement in community-based health promotion initiatives is contextual and influenced by individual, community, and societal factors. In South Africa, community engagement in SRHR promotion is challengin...

With rapid development and deployment of generative language models in global settings, there is an urgent need to also scale our measurements of harm, not just in the number and types of harms covered, but also how well they account for local cultural contexts, including marginalized identities and the social biases experienced by them. Current ev...

In this interview Eftihia Arkoudis highlights the importance of integrating social media into community arts programs, using West Virginia University's Community Music Program (CMP) as an example. It discusses the online marketing strategy employed by the CMP, emphasizing the use of social media platforms to increase brand awareness and reach new a...

To describe the reach, implementation, and sustainability of COVID-19 vaccination programs delivered by social service community organizations. Five academic institutions in the Chicagoland CEAL (Community Engagement Alliance) program partnered with 17 community organizations from September 2021—April 2022. Interviews, community organizations progr...