Rauh Lauren, Manze Meredith G, Watnick Dana
City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2023 Jan;24(1):133-143. doi: 10.1177/15248399211046578. Epub 2021 Oct 9.
When embarking on research within a community where little empirical research exists, the inclusion of a structured participant group-such as a steering committee or advisory board-can formalize the participant-research team partnership, increase community buy-in for action items, and reinforce the trustworthiness of research findings. These were among the aims of the multimethod design of the Student Parent Project, a qualitative study to determine the barriers and facilitators of academic achievement and well-being at six community colleges within a large, urban, public university system. The initial step of the study was to create a Student Advisory Board by recruiting one student parent from each of the participating campuses. The Student Advisory Board then met intermittently to review the research approach, data collection instruments, and preliminary findings at different stages. In this article, we describe the process of convening and collaborating with the advisory board and identify key areas in which their participation influenced the study design, findings, and recommendations. Based on lessons learned, we offer recommendations for the design and implementation of a participatory advisory board within qualitative studies.
当在一个几乎没有实证研究的社区开展研究时，纳入一个结构化的参与群体，比如指导委员会或顾问委员会，可以使参与方与研究团队的合作正规化，提高社区对行动项目的支持度，并增强研究结果的可信度。这些都是学生家长项目多方法设计的目标之一，该项目是一项定性研究，旨在确定一所大型城市公立大学系统内六所社区学院学术成就和幸福的障碍与促进因素。该研究的第一步是通过从每个参与校区招募一名学生家长来创建一个学生顾问委员会。然后，学生顾问委员会定期开会，在不同阶段审查研究方法、数据收集工具和初步研究结果。在本文中，我们描述了召集顾问委员会并与其合作的过程，并确定了他们的参与对研究设计、结果和建议产生影响的关键领域。基于所吸取的经验教训，我们为定性研究中参与式顾问委员会的设计和实施提供建议。
