Leveraging Community‐Based System Dynamics to Understand Long Covid Disparities in African American Communities: A Model for Health Equity Research

People with lived experience of long Covid were actively involved throughout all phases of this study. Participants contributed to the design and facilitation of Community-Based System Dynamics (CBSD) workshops, helped construct and refine causal loop diagrams based on their experiences, and generated action ideas for future interventions. Their insights shaped both the structure and content of the system models and directly informed the interpretation of results. Several participants also reviewed and provided feedback on early drafts of the manuscript to ensure the findings reflected their perspectives and priorities.