College of Nursing, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Project Brotherhood, Chicago, IL, USA.
Am J Mens Health. 2022 May-Jun;16(3):15579883221099417. doi: 10.1177/15579883221099417.
This article describes an educational program to engage African American men as citizen scientists (CSs) and future research partners in a lung cancer screening project. We provide an overview of the curriculum used, the structure and format of the educational sessions, and associated educational outcomes. Furthermore, we describe lessons learned in the engagement of African American men as CS in community-based lung-health equity research. The CS educational program included five group-based sessions delivered through zoom. The educational curriculum was adapted from the University of Florida Citizen Scientist program and tailored to address lung health and the contextual experiences of African American men. Each session lasted 90 minutes. Pre- and post-test measures were collected to examine changes in knowledge, comfort, health literacy, research interests, and medical mistrust. Eight African American men completed the CS educational program. Attendance rates were high for each session (100%). Seven participants completed additional human subject research certification. Improvements were observed from pre- to post-test in participants' level of knowledge, comfort, and health literacy but not medical mistrust. CS reported the most interest in participating in research aimed to identify important community strengths and problems. Study findings suggest that it was feasible to deliver an online citizen scientist educational program designed to prepare participants to serve as partners in a lung cancer screening intervention for African American men. Results suggest the educational program has the potential to improve key outcomes including completion of regulatory training and increased research-related knowledge, comfort, and health literacy.
这篇文章描述了一个教育项目，旨在让非裔美国男性作为公民科学家（CS）并成为未来的研究合作伙伴，参与肺癌筛查项目。我们提供了课程的概述、教育课程的结构和格式以及相关的教育成果。此外，我们还描述了在让非裔美国男性作为社区肺部健康公平研究的 CS 参与方面的经验教训。公民科学家教育计划包括五个通过 zoom 进行的小组课程。教育课程改编自佛罗里达大学的公民科学家计划，并针对解决肺部健康和非裔美国男性的背景经历进行了调整。每个课程持续 90 分钟。收集了预测试和后测试措施，以检查知识、舒适度、健康素养、研究兴趣和医疗不信任度的变化。八名非裔美国男性完成了公民科学家教育计划。每个课程的出勤率都很高（100%）。七名参与者完成了额外的人类主体研究认证。从预测试到后测试，参与者的知识、舒适度和健康素养水平都有所提高，但医疗不信任度没有提高。CS 报告说最有兴趣参与旨在确定重要社区优势和问题的研究。研究结果表明，在线公民科学家教育计划的实施是可行的，该计划旨在使参与者能够成为肺癌筛查干预措施的合作伙伴，服务于非裔美国男性。结果表明，该教育计划有可能改善关键成果，包括完成监管培训以及增加与研究相关的知识、舒适度和健康素养。
