Community-engaged research (CEnR) is the process of working collaboratively with groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interests, or similar situations with respect to issues affecting their well-being.
The iKT evolves around the concept of engaging[3] different levels of knowledge users (community members, organizations working in the community, and policy makers)[3][4] as equal partners in the research activities so that research outputs are more relevant to, and more likely to be useful to, the knowledge users.
[6] It requires the development of partnerships between researchers and the community, cooperation and negotiation between parties, collaboration, and a commitment to addressing local health concerns.
[4] CEnR projects exist along a spectrum of the level of community involvement.
Few reviews of community-engaged research have included work done in Africa or Asia.