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571 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 5,294 Community Health and Development papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding how Black Muslims and Protestants conceptualize healthy neighborhoods. The study highlights the need for novel interpretations of existing data on religion and public health. The paper notes the importance of considering the social and physical environment in shaping neighborhood health.

    Beyond Organizational Health Promotion: Opportunities for Black Interfaith Collaboration to Build a Healthy Neighborhood in Boston, MA, USA · 2026 · DOI

  • Small sample size of 15 participants - Limited to a single tertiary hospital in China - No control group for comparison

    Barriers to social participation among patients with hemophilia: a qualitative study using social-ecological systems theory · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigate the effectiveness of integrated nursing interventions - Explore the experiences of patients with hemophilia in different cultural contexts - Examine the impact of geographic disparities on healthcare access

    Barriers to social participation among patients with hemophilia: a qualitative study using social-ecological systems theory · 2026 · DOI

  • the complexity of empathy as a capacity with expressions that are situated within and influenced by contextual factors; the difficulty of disentangling trait and state empathy; the challenge of developing standardized measures of empathy that integrate both trait and state aspects; the need to consider the interaction between trait capacities and state-related factors for individual empathic responses.

    (State) empathy: how context matters · 2025 · DOI

  • Departmental fragmentation and lack of coordination concerning transportation, tourism marketing, and industrial development. Insufficient internal collaboration and unclear overall marketing strategies for external promotion.

    The Impact of Social Capital and Community Empowerment on Regional Revitalization Practices: A Case Study on the Practice of University Social Responsibility Programs in Wanli and Jinshan Districts · 2025 · DOI

  • However, how to use and integrate methods that generate place-based knowledge and the potential benefits of using and integrating these place-based methods, is lacking.

    Changing our approach: Using an integrated, place‐based methodology in community violence research · 2026 · DOI

  • Yet, YPAR has not been evaluated for opioids, which negatively impact individuals and communities across the United States.

    “I never realized how hard recovery is.” A quasi‐experimental evaluation of a youth participatory action research project for opioid prevention · 2025 · DOI

  • Despite this, validated measures to assess empowerment among LGBQ+ BIPOC youth are scarce.

    Intrapersonal psychological empowerment: Assessing measurement invariance of the Brief Sociopolitical Control Scale for youth between LGBQ+ and non‐LGBQ+ youth of color · 2025 · DOI

  • Notably, systematic studies are lacking regarding the mechanisms through which University Social Responsibility (USR) programs engage and promote community development.

    The Impact of Social Capital and Community Empowerment on Regional Revitalization Practices: A Case Study on the Practice of University Social Responsibility Programs in Wanli and Jinshan Districts · 2025 · DOI

  • Restricted access to public services for migrant communities. Social inequities in health promotion. The need for community engagement to mitigate these challenges.

    Factors Influencing Community Engagement for Health Development in Thai Communities with Migrant Workers: A Case Study in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to understand the factors that facilitate community health development using a community engagement paradigm in Thai communities with migrant workers. The study aims to address this gap by exploring community engagement processes in community health development.

    Factors Influencing Community Engagement for Health Development in Thai Communities with Migrant Workers: A Case Study in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand · 2026 · DOI

  • Community-engaged research often struggles to reach socially embedded networks. The dynamic system of communities is often only recognized late in the research process.

    Community Ecosystem Mapping to Inform Community-Engaged Research · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of community-based group exercises in temporary communities. The need to investigate the frequency of community-based group exercises in temporary and original communities.

    Higher Frequency of Community-Based Group Exercises in Temporary Communities Compared With Original Communities After the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Cross-Sectional Study · 2026 · DOI

  • The study aims to address the gap in understanding facilitators and barriers for IC and CP in community-level health promotion.

    Optimizing intersectoral collaboration and citizen participation in community-level health promotion: a scoping review · 2026 · DOI

  • community tri-ethnic through rural in a 43. De Marco M, Kearney W, Smith T, Jones C, Kearney-Powell A, Ammerman A. Growing partners: building a community–academic partnership to address health disparities in rural North Carolina. Prog Community Health Partnerships (2014) 8(2):181–6. doi:10.1353/cpr.2014.0021 44. Derose KP, Williams MV, Branch CA, Flórez KR, Hawes-Dawson J, Mata MA, et al. A community-partnered approach to developing church-based interventions to reduce health disparities among african-americans and latinos. J Racial Ethnic Health Disparities (2018) 6(2):254–64. doi:10.1007/s40615-018-0520-z 45. Dodgen L, Spence-Almaguer E, Cantu Anguiano K, Hooker A, White S. Partnership processes to develop SHE tribe: a healthy lifestyle intervention. Health Promotion Pract (2020) 21(4):591–600. doi:10.1177/1524839918812428 46. English M, Canuto K, Schulenkorf N, Evans J, Curry C, Slater C, et al. Codesigning a health promotion program for Australian Aboriginal and torres strait islander girls: lessons learnt. Health Promotion Int (2023) 38(2):daad011. doi:10. 1093/heapro/daad011 47. Fialkowski MK, Debaryshe B, Bersamin A, Nigg C, Leon Guerrero R, Rojas G, et al. A community engagement process identifies environmental priorities to prevent early childhood obesity: the Children’s healthy living (CHL) program for remote underserved populations in the US affiliated Pacific islands, Hawaii and Alaska. Matern Child Health J (2013) 18(10):2261–74. doi:10.1007/s10995-013-1353-3 63. Ottesen H, Alvesson HM, Idevall Hagren J, Martinell M, Matta L, Mcaleenan P, et al. Codesign with citizens to prevent cardiometabolic diseases in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: an interview study on needs and priorities among stakeholders in Sweden. BMJ Open (2024) 14(11):e090448. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090448 64. Powell N, Dalton H, Perkins D, Considine R, Hughes S, Osborne S, et al. Our healthy clarence: a community-driven wellbeing initiative. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2019) 16(19):3691. doi:10.3390/ijerph16193691 65. Rämgård M, Avery H. Lay health promoters empower neighbourhoods-results from a community-based research programme in southern Sweden. Front Public Health (2022) 10:703423. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.703423 66. Vermeer AJM, Van Assema P, Hesdahl B, Harting J, De Vries NK. Factors influencing perceived sustainability of Dutch community health programs. Health Promot Int (2013) 30(3):473–83. doi:10.1093/heapro/dat059 67. Center for Community Health and Evaluation. The essential elements of effective collaboration (2019). Available online at: https://www.cche.org/index.php/news-andevents/recent-news-and-events/cche-model-successful-collaboration-1 (Accessed July 9, 2025). 68. Koelen MA, Vaandrager L, Wagemakers A. The healthy alliances (HALL) framework: prerequisites for success. Fam Pract (2014) 29(Suppl. 1):i132–i138. doi:10.1093/fampra/cmr088 69. San Martín-Rodríguez L, Beaulieu M, D’Amour D, Ferrada-Videla M. The determinants of successful collaboration: a review of theoretical and empirical studies. (2005) 19(Suppl. 1):132–47.

    Optimizing intersectoral collaboration and citizen participation in community-level health promotion: a scoping review · 2026 · DOI

  • The need for community development practice to be strengthened - The importance of addressing structural inequalities produced by colonialism and apartheid

    Community development in the 21st century: Empowerment for breaking the cycle of poverty · 2026 · DOI

  • The intervening mechanisms between resources and health are not well-understood. The social determinants of health approach primarily focuses on reshaping the resource distribution, but does not provide a clear understanding of how resources are converted into health outcomes.

    Chains of exchange: The iterative process of resource-health conversion · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to understand the motivations of volunteer guide dog puppy raisers at different stages of their involvement. The study aims to address this gap by exploring the internal, external, and organizational factors that shape their engagement.

    Affordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteering · 2026 · DOI

  • Certain limitations of the presented study must be acknowledged. This article does not examine how recruitment and communication practices influence the decision to volunteer. Addressing this would require including individuals who withdrew before raising a puppy – often due to dissatisfaction with initial contact or training. In order to gain a more comprehensive understanding, future research should also consider the perspectives of these ‘would-be’ volunteers. Another area worth exploring is the nature of the opportunities and benefits offered directly by organizations, and how these are perceived by both current and prospective volunteers.

    Affordances and Motivations of Guide Dog Puppy Raisers: Reasons for Starting, Continuing, and Quitting Volunteering · 2026 · DOI

  • The need for culturally appropriate programming. The challenge of developing community-based research approaches. The importance of addressing the root causes of violence.

    Indigenous Community Mobilization for Violence Prevention · 2026 · DOI

  • Further evaluation of the effectiveness of the Ten Steps workshop. The development of more community-based research approaches for evaluating violence prevention programs.

    Indigenous Community Mobilization for Violence Prevention · 2026 · DOI

  • Building strong emotional ties with the host society can be difficult for immigrants. Digital societies have imposed a different pattern of belonging, which may weaken direct interaction with immediate surroundings. The integration process can be complicated by the lack of sense of belonging.

    The Sense of Community. A Contemporary Theoretical Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • The comparison between traditional and digital communities is limited. The link between the sense of community and legal and social policies related to immigration and multiculturalism is not sufficiently addressed.

    The Sense of Community. A Contemporary Theoretical Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the effectiveness of tailored guidance materials for individual communities and intersectional communities. Future research should explore the development of accessible and culturally adequate guidance materials for minority communities.

    Minorities, Advocates and Digital Harms: Evaluating Support and Guidance Materials · 2026 · DOI

  • Given the study relied on a selective sample of willing participants from Australian minority organizations, further research is necessary to understand the context of minority community guidance needs in the interjurisdictional space in which contemporary digital platforms operate, attentive to the differential regulatory practices in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.

    Minorities, Advocates and Digital Harms: Evaluating Support and Guidance Materials · 2026 · DOI

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