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Collaborate with the Latine Community Review Board to ensure that your study materials resonate authentically with North Carolina's Latine communities.

Collaborate with the Latine Community Review Board

Collaborate with the Inclusive Science Program's Latine Community Review Board (LCRB) to ensure that your study materials resonate authentically with North Carolina's Latine communities.

What is the LCRB?
ISP's Latine Community Review Board (LCRB) is an advisory group of natively Spanish-speaking, culturally diverse, Latino/a/e North Carolinians who collaborate with study teams to inform study design and improve the linguistic accuracy and cultural relevance of study materials such as decision aids, scales, and recruitment scripts.

View LCRB member bios

Why collaborate?

The LCRB can help to:

  • Enhance the relevance and impact of research studies
  • Ensure research study materials are effectively translated and culturally resonant
  • Support study participant enrollment, retention, and satisfaction
  • Achieve research outcomes that benefit more people

What is the collaboration process?

The first step is to request a consultation with our Inclusive Science Program (ISP). During your consultation, we will discuss your goals and study materials so that we can propose a scope of work.

Once your study is ready for LCRB review, we can begin the collaboration process! Our bilingual (English/Spanish) ISP team will:

  1. Send a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that summarizes our collaboration.
  2. Plan a group review session with LCRB members. A signed MOU is required before scheduling. Most group review sessions must be scheduled 3 weeks in advance.
  3. Coordinate members' independent review of study materials in advance of the group session.
  4. Facilitate a live group review session in Spanish.
  5. Provide an English language report of LCRB members' key recommendations and suggested materials revisions.

Later, when you prepare to publish about your study or findings, ISP will coordinate LCRB members' review of any draft manuscript or report content associated with the study design, protocol, or materials that they helped to develop. We will provide you with members' feedback and suggested revisions.

What is the cost?

Costs vary according to the type and length of study materials to be reviewed, as well as the number of LCRB members you want to collaborate on your study. Typically, costs include:

  • Bilingual coordination of materials review
  • Planning and facilitation of the group review session in Spanish
  • Report of LCRB recommendations
  • ISP and LCRB review of study-related publications
  • LCRB member compensation*

* NC TraCS directly compensates collaborating LCRB members.

View study support services frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Ready to enhance your research and connect with Latine communities?

To discuss LCRB collaboration for your study, submit a request.

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