School of Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 23;18(13):6753. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136753.
We report the use of three different dissemination approaches for providing environmental research results back to Navajo communities from different research projects. The objectives of the dissemination are to provide the results to the community, have a dialogue about the results, and learn more about the environmental concerns of the community for potential future research projects. The first approach utilizes radio announcements and flyers provided to the community announcing dissemination meetings specific to the research projects. The second approach is more collaborative, working with a grassroots organization to organize report-back meetings, as well as one-on-one discussions of the research project. The third approach involves the development of a booklet for distribution to communities along with an oral presentation at the regularly scheduled monthly community meetings to discuss the information. Overall, the second and third approaches are more effective than the first approach in terms of dissemination to a larger number of community members, as well as increased dialogue between the researchers and the communities.
我们报告了三种不同的传播方法,用于将来自不同研究项目的环境研究结果反馈给纳瓦霍社区。传播的目的是向社区提供结果,就结果进行对话,并更多地了解社区对潜在未来研究项目的环境关注。第一种方法利用广播公告和传单向社区提供特定于研究项目的传播会议通知。第二种方法更具协作性,与基层组织合作组织报告会议,以及对研究项目进行一对一讨论。第三种方法涉及制作一本小册子分发给社区,并在定期举行的每月社区会议上进行口头介绍,以讨论信息。总的来说,就向更多的社区成员传播以及增加研究人员和社区之间的对话而言,第二种和第三种方法比第一种方法更有效。