What is Community Partners

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What is Community Partners?
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Part 1 Community Partners?

• Community Partners (CP) is what used to be called
  the Cross CAB Working Group.
• CP is a group of representatives from each of the
  6 DAIDS funded clinical trial networks plus a few
  others.

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Who Makes Up Community Partners?

• Community Partners is made up of 2 community
  representatives (voting) and 1 staff member
  (non-voting) from each of the 6 DAIDS Network
  CABs
• AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)
• HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN)
• HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)
• International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS
  Clinical Trials group (IMPAACT)
• International Network for Strategic Initiatives
  in Global HIV Trials (INSIGHT)
• Microbicides Trials Network (MTN).

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Additionally, CP includes

• Network Leadership Operations Group (NLOG) and
  other external community advisors as voting
  members
• HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC) staff and
  representatives from DAIDS serve as non-voting
  members.

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What is Community Partners Supposed to Do?

• Community Partners focuses on improving cross-
  and within network community input at all levels
• Identify and develop programs to meet the
  training and support requirements of the national
  and local Community Advisory Boards
• Increase the representation and participation of
  community members from resource-limited settings
  and vulnerable populations
• identify and address challenges to participation
  in clinical trials

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How does Community Partners Work?

• CP provides input to DAIDS research plans as
  they relate to scientific agendas, ethical
  conduct of clinical trials, community education
  and communication and information dissemination
  in a manner that ensures respect for community
  priorities and continued community participation.
• CP conducts activities regularly through
  conference calls and online tools such as email
  and a web portal system that allows for document
  collaboration and discussion boards.
• CP convenes at a face to face meeting annually,
  as possible.

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Need more information about CP?

• Please log on to the Community Partners webpage,
  located at
• www.hanc.info
• There is a community section that you can double
  click on after you enter the website

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Part 2 International Network for Strategic
Initiatives in Global HIV Trials(INSIGHT)
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INSIGHT Org Chart
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Each International Coordinating Center (ICC) has
a CAB.There are 2 reps from each ICC and a
staff person who make-up the INSIGHT Network CAB.
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INSIGHT Network CAB Structure
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INSIGHT Website URL Address

• https//insight.ccbr.umn.edu
• There is a community section that you can double
  click onto once you are in the website.