Community-engaged research engages the community in a collaborative manner to improve the local setting and has been increasingly applied to health services research. These complex studies require collaboration and team building among clinical experts, methodologists, and community stakeholders, yet few examples of this process have been published.

Author(s): Timothy C. Guetterman, Mahshid Abir, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Sydney Fouche, Wilson Nham, Christopher Nelson, Peter Mendel, Bill Forbush, Theresa A. Shields, Claude M. Setodji, Antony P. Hsu, Robert M. Domeier, Steven Kronick, Robert W. Neumar, Michael D. Fetters