Studying Organizational Trustworthiness and Community-Engaged Research: TRUST TEAM
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What is the project about?
The Teaming Researchers Up with Stakeholders to Test Trustworthy Engagement and Measure (TRUST TEAM) project seeks to better understand the role of organizational trustworthiness in the context of community-engaged research. At its core, how does organizational trustworthiness shape patients and other key stakeholders’ involvement in community-academic research collaborations? What characteristics make an organization trustworthy and how does that strengthen relationships between academic organizations and community collaborators?
This project focuses on three stakeholder groups, our partners, who are patients, clinicians (non-researcher), and representatives of community-based organizations regarding their experiences with organizational trust and trustworthiness. Engaged through:
- Identifying our partners perspectives on organizational trustworthiness and its perceived association to relationship building processes and post-engagement trust
- Using participatory methods and human centered design principles to co-develop a new measure of organizational trustworthiness
- Assessing the relationships between engagement processes, organizational trustworthiness, and post engagement trust
To capture these insights, our team is creating a first-of-its-kind psychometrically sound measure of organizational trustworthiness. By identifying what builds or weakens trust, the study supports efforts to strengthen relationships between organizations and communities and its impact on post engagement trust. It encourages research practices that are inclusive, fair, and responsive to the priorities of those most affected.
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