Using a participatory research process to address disproportionate hispanic cancer burden

Pamela C. Hull, Juan R. Canedo, Michelle C. Reece, Irma Lira, Francisco Reyes, Erandi Garcia, Paul Juarez, Elizabeth Williams, Baqar A. Husaini

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Abstract

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) offers great potential for increasing the impact of research on reducing cancer health disparities. This article reports how the Community Outreach Core (COC) of the Meharry-Vanderbilt-Tennessee State University (TSU) Cancer Partnership has collaborated with community partners to develop and implement CBPR. The COC, Progreso Community Center, and Nashville Latino Health Coalition jointly developed and conducted the 2007 Hispanic Health in Nashville Survey as a participatory needs assessment to guide planning for subsequent CBPR projects and community health initiatives. Trained community and student interviewers surveyed 500 Hispanic adults in the Nashville area, using a convenience sampling method. In light of the survey results, NLHC decided to focus in the area of cancer on the primary prevention of cervical cancer. The survey led to a subsequent formative CBPR research project to develop an intervention, then to funding of a CBPR pilot intervention study to test the intervention.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)95-113
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume21
Issue number1 SUPPL. 1
StatePublished - Feb 2010

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Hispanic
  • Survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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