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Interest in community engagement has grown enormously over the past several decades. Although community-engaged scholarly work does not get the priority it deserves, it is increasingly being embraced by academic and funding institutions. Community engagement, however, remains a challenge for many academics, especially those who work in cross-cultural settings or with marginalized populations. This chapter examines the concept of community engagement and its complexities and describes some frameworks of community engagement and how academics can engage communities in research. It concludes with a brief overview of key ingredients and ethical considerations in the community engagement process.

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Ngui, E.M. (2020). How to Engage Communities in Research. In: Roberts, L. (eds) Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31957-1_38

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