Community Conversations – Idaho Falls, ID

The report below summarizes key insights and outcomes from the Idaho Falls Community Conversation. This conversation aimed to gather perspectives from individual community members on barriers and opportunities for integrating meaningful community engagement into clinical research. The findings may be used to inform the ENGAGE Working Group and future efforts related to community engagement.

Idaho Falls Community Report

The above figure was shared with attendees to get individual perspectives on the ease of understanding and usability of this potential public engagement model.  NIH invites all interested individuals to provide their thoughts on this model.  If you would like to add your voice to the conversation, please email your thoughts to [email protected].

Twenty-two community members attended the Idaho Falls community conversation at the Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership. Individual community members valued the need for better community input on research priority setting and study design, but they wanted to make sure that community voices did not drown out the scientific credibility of the research. Individuals emphasized that each element of the framework visual should be implemented with purpose, and that partnering with trusted community voices would be a critical pathway to overcoming skepticism and distrust in science and the federal government.

The illustration above is a graphical summary of comments from the attendees of the Idaho Falls community conversation.