Davis Sarita K, Williams Aisha D, Akinyela Makungu
Georgia State University.
J Black Stud. 2010;41(2):338-50. doi: 10.1177/0021934709343950.
Social work researchers who identify and define social problems run the risk of leaving their social fingerprints on such problems, as well as their favored solutions to them. As a result, the direction of the research agenda is driven by the focus of the research problem formulation, instead of the cultural relevance. The purpose of this article is to offer guiding principles for integrating cultural relevance into the social work research process. The authors offer definitions of cultural relevance, a rationale for using cultural relevance in social work research, a framework for constructing cultural relevance in the process of research problem formulation, and an example of how this framework applies within the context of HIV prevention education in the African American community.
识别和界定社会问题的社会工作研究者，有可能在这些问题及其偏好的解决方案上留下他们的社会印记。因此，研究议程的方向是由研究问题形成的重点驱动的，而非文化相关性。本文旨在提供将文化相关性融入社会工作研究过程的指导原则。作者给出了文化相关性的定义、在社会工作研究中运用文化相关性的基本原理、在研究问题形成过程中构建文化相关性的框架，以及该框架在非裔美国人社区艾滋病毒预防教育背景下的应用示例。
