Oppenheim Claire E, Axelrod Kathleen, Menyongai Jeremiah, Chukwuezi Bernadette, Tam Alison, Henderson David C, Borba Christina P C
Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Oppenheim and Drs Tam, Henderson, and Borba); Department of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Oppenheim and Drs Tam, Henderson, and Borba); Innovations in Healthcare, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (Ms Axelrod); and Christ Jubilee International Ministries, Lowell, Massachusetts (Mr Menyongai and Ms Chukwuezi).
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2019 Jan/Feb;25(1):E1-E6. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000707.
Community-based participatory research methodology is driven by community interests and rooted in community involvement throughout the research process. This article describes the use of community-based participatory research methodology in the HEAAL project (Health and Mental Health Education and Awareness for Africans in Lowell), a research collaboration between Christ Jubilee International Ministries-a nondenominational Christian church in Lowell, Massachusetts, that serves an African immigrant and refugee congregation-and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry. The objective of the HEAAL project was to better understand the nature, characteristics, scope, and magnitude of health and mental health issues in this faith community. The experience of using community-based participatory research in the HEAAL project has implications for research practice and policy as it ensured that research questions were relevant and meaningful to the community; facilitated successful recruitment and navigation through challenges; and can expedite the translation of data to practice and improved care.
基于社区的参与式研究方法由社区利益驱动，并在整个研究过程中扎根于社区参与。本文描述了基于社区的参与式研究方法在HEAAL项目（洛厄尔非洲人的健康与心理健康教育及意识提升）中的应用，该项目是马萨诸塞州洛厄尔的一个非宗派基督教教堂基督禧年国际事工与马萨诸塞州总医院精神科之间的研究合作，基督禧年国际事工服务于非洲移民和难民群体。HEAAL项目的目标是更好地了解这个信仰社区中健康和心理健康问题的性质、特征、范围和严重程度。在HEAAL项目中使用基于社区的参与式研究的经验对研究实践和政策具有启示意义，因为它确保了研究问题与社区相关且有意义；促进了成功招募并应对挑战；并且可以加快将数据转化为实践和改善护理的进程。
