BACKGROUND The ways in which researchers may need to adapt traditional community-based participatory research engagement strategies during ongoing community trauma are understudied. We describe our efforts to engage the Flint, Michigan community in community-based participatory research in the aftermath of the Flint Water Crisis. OBJECTIVES This manuscript describes 1) recruitment strategies selected before the Flint Water Crisis, 2) engagement lessons learned in the context of the Flint Water Crisis, and 3) barriers and facilitators encountered while engaging African American churches. METHODS Researchers collaborated with community partners to engage and recruit a traumatized Flint community into the Church Challenge, a multilevel intervention to reduce chronic disease burden. LESSONS LEARNED Recruitment and engagement strategies must be flexible, innovative, and may require nontraditional methods. CONCLUSIONS Flexibility and adaptability are crucial for engaging with a traumatized community. Community-based participatory research work in traumatized communities must acknowledge and respond to community trauma to be successful.

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检查密歇根州弗林特使用的社区参与研究策略：教会挑战。

背景 在持续的社区创伤期间，研究人员可能需要调整传统的基于社区的参与性研究参与策略的方式尚未得到充分研究。我们描述了我们在弗林特水危机之后为让密歇根州弗林特社区参与基于社区的参与性研究所做的努力。目标 本手稿描述了 1) 在弗林特水危机之前选择的招募策略，2) 在弗林特水危机背景下学到的参与经验教训，以及 3) 在与非裔美国教会接触时遇到的障碍和促进因素。方法 研究人员与社区合作伙伴合作，让遭受创伤的弗林特社区参与教会挑战，这是一项旨在减轻慢性疾病负担的多层次干预措施。经验教训 招聘和参与策略必须灵活、创新，并且可能需要非传统方法。结论 灵活性和适应性对于参与受创伤的社区至关重要。在受创伤社区进行的基于社区的参与性研究工作必须承认并应对社区创伤才能取得成功。