Foster Jennifer, Stanek Kari
School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst 01003, USA.
Fam Community Health. 2007 Jan-Mar;30(1):42-9. doi: 10.1097/00003727-200701000-00006.
This article explores cross-cultural challenges that arise when university and community members collaborate in community-based participatory research. As part of a project for primary prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, researchers trained community leaders to jointly develop a research question and conduct a pilot qualitative study in a Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts. Different priorities of the community and university members about HIV as a research topic underscored the need to continuously reflect on developing a research question in community-based participatory research. Recognizing the cultural assumptions of both university and community members is an important component of capacity building among collaborative research teams.
本文探讨了大学成员与社区成员在基于社区的参与性研究中合作时出现的跨文化挑战。作为预防人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染初级预防项目的一部分，研究人员培训社区领袖，以便共同提出一个研究问题，并在马萨诸塞州的一个波多黎各社区开展一项定性试点研究。社区成员和大学成员在将HIV作为一个研究课题方面的不同优先事项凸显了在基于社区的参与性研究中不断思考提出研究问题的必要性。认识到大学成员和社区成员双方的文化假设是合作研究团队能力建设的一个重要组成部分。
