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Community organizations: Bangladesh Canada Association of Calgary (BCAOC)

Future research / gaps identified: The researchers are expanding to explore community engagement with the Latino/a/x, Arab, Southeast Asian, and Black communities to understand their barriers to healthcare access

Integration timeline: not defined

Key findings:

• Building community partnerships through community engagement best followed a process of understanding, communicating, involving and then collaborating.

• Principles of meaningful community engagement include:

  • Focus on capacity building
  • Community service with no strings attached
  • Listening with a blank slate
  • Not missing the mass population
  • No “parachute in and parachute out” approach
  • Compensate for contributions

Key populations: Bangladeshi immigrants who now live in Calgary, AB

Key recommendations:

• Mobilize a community through two-way knowledge translation, working from engagement to partnership.
• Develop community capacity to add to the community engagement and co-development process.

Location: Calgary, AB

Open access: No