Mann Alison, Hoke Mary M, Williams Jacquelyn C
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003-8001, USA.
Nurs Outlook. 2005 May-Jun;53(3):141-6. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2005.03.007.
The authors share lessons learned from 5 community-based research studies involving rural Mexican-American women. The 10 lessons revolved around compensation, confidentiality, recruitment, crossing paths, mailings, locating people, participation/attendance, translation, children, and closure. Despite their clinical knowledge and previous experiences in service with this population, researchers found recruiting and retaining participants and data collection far more challenging than expected. This article is significant as it illustrates the extensive time, expense, and effort required to conduct research with a rural population experiencing health disparities. Recommendations are provided to assist in planning and designing community-based and culturally sensitive research that has realistic time and budget allowances.
作者分享了从5项针对墨西哥裔美国农村女性的社区研究中吸取的经验教训。这10条经验教训围绕着补偿、保密、招募、交叉路径、邮件发送、找人、参与/出勤、翻译、儿童和收尾等方面展开。尽管研究人员具备临床知识以及此前为该人群提供服务的经验，但他们发现招募并留住参与者以及数据收集比预期困难得多。本文意义重大，因为它说明了对面临健康差异的农村人群进行研究需要大量的时间、费用和精力。文中提供了一些建议，以协助规划和设计基于社区且具有文化敏感性、有切实可行的时间和预算的研究。
