University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, MS 1008, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2010 May;20(5):697-706. doi: 10.1177/1049732310361468. Epub 2010 Feb 12.
A community-based participatory approach requires that community members be involved in all phases of the research process. We describe three focus group studies with American Indians in Kansas and Missouri, using a newly developed method of conducting and analyzing focus groups with community input (72 focus groups, 519 participants). We conducted two needs assessment studies focused on barriers to breast and colorectal cancer screening and one study focused on Internet use for gathering health information. Community members and researchers collaborated to develop guides for the focus group moderators. Community organizations and our community advisory board conducted recruitment, and we trained and employed community members as moderators, assistant moderators, and analysts. Our community partners also helped with dissemination of research findings to their constituents. The methodologic approach and data from these three studies will allow us to more appropriately address health disparities in the American Indian community, with full community support for our research.
社区参与式方法要求社区成员参与研究过程的所有阶段。我们描述了在堪萨斯州和密苏里州与美洲印第安人进行的三项焦点小组研究，使用了一种新开发的方法，即在社区投入的情况下进行和分析焦点小组（72 个焦点小组，519 名参与者）。我们进行了两项以乳腺癌和结直肠癌筛查障碍为重点的需求评估研究，以及一项以互联网在健康信息收集方面的使用为重点的研究。社区成员和研究人员合作制定了焦点小组主持人指南。社区组织和我们的社区咨询委员会进行了招募工作，我们培训并雇用了社区成员作为主持人、助理主持人和分析员。我们的社区合作伙伴还帮助向他们的成员传播研究结果。这三项研究的方法和数据将使我们能够在充分获得社区支持的情况下，更恰当地解决美洲印第安人社区的健康差异问题。
