The Benefits of Community Engaged Research in Creating Place-Based Responses to COVID-19.

The partnerships developed through CEnR allow for place-based tailored health interventions and education. CEnR continues to be effective in creating mutually beneficial partnerships among researchers, community partners, and community residents. However, CEnR by nature is transactional. Without sustained partnerships with and in underserved communities, we will make little progress in impacting health disparities and will be ill-prepared to respond to emerging or unforeseen health crises. We recommend that population health strategies include sustainable research practice partnerships (RPPs) to increase their impact.