Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership
Purpose: The community-based participatory research approach has been identified as a great asset in reducing health disparities through the integration of community members in all phases of the research process. It is essential to provide skills to community members to achieve successful research p...
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Mary Ann Liebert
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| author | Julio C. Jim?nez-Ch?vez Fernando J. Rosario-Maldonado Jeremy A. Torres Axel Ramos-Lucca Eida M. Castro-Figueroa Lydia Santiago |
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| description | Purpose: The community-based participatory research approach has been identified as a great asset in reducing health disparities through the integration of community members in all phases of the research process. It is essential to provide skills to community members to achieve successful research partnerships. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the community-based participatory research training curriculum for community members.
Methods: Using mixed-methods, noncomparative design, eight workshops were developed and tested. Workshops covered topics such as community-based participatory research principles, health disparities, ethics in community-based participatory research, and fundamentals of research methodology. A total of 25 community leaders were trained. Pre-/post-test knowledge (unpaired t-test), retention rate, workshop satisfaction, and cognitive debriefing sessions were used to assess knowledge gained and acceptability and feasibility of the curriculum.
Results: A retention rate of 100% and an average satisfaction of 92.68% were obtained. Preliminary effectiveness results indicate that there was an overall significant change in participant's knowledge before and after the curriculum (p<0.001). In the cognitive debriefing, participants were satisfied with the organization and structure and found the curriculum feasible. Furthermore, participants identified the skills acquired to aid in being more effective in their communities and work with academic researchers. The following changes were recommended: workshops' order, time, practical activities, and level of language.
Discussion: Findings from this study suggest that the curriculum was acceptable and feasible to community leaders and that it might provide skills to actively incorporate community members in research activities. A large randomized clinical trial (RCT) study to evaluate curriculum effectiveness is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f480d68c22349c7bac6456cd14b95e82024-01-09T04:08:31ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422018-10-012127228110.1089/HEQ.2018.0034Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research PartnershipJulio C. Jim?nez-Ch?vez0Fernando J. Rosario-Maldonado1Jeremy A. Torres2Axel Ramos-Lucca3Eida M. Castro-Figueroa4Lydia Santiago5School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences UniversityPublic Health Program, Ponce Health Sciences UniversitySchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences UniversitySchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences UniversitySchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Ponce Health Sciences UniversityPublic Health Program, University of Puerto RicoPurpose: The community-based participatory research approach has been identified as a great asset in reducing health disparities through the integration of community members in all phases of the research process. It is essential to provide skills to community members to achieve successful research partnerships. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the community-based participatory research training curriculum for community members. Methods: Using mixed-methods, noncomparative design, eight workshops were developed and tested. Workshops covered topics such as community-based participatory research principles, health disparities, ethics in community-based participatory research, and fundamentals of research methodology. A total of 25 community leaders were trained. Pre-/post-test knowledge (unpaired t-test), retention rate, workshop satisfaction, and cognitive debriefing sessions were used to assess knowledge gained and acceptability and feasibility of the curriculum. Results: A retention rate of 100% and an average satisfaction of 92.68% were obtained. Preliminary effectiveness results indicate that there was an overall significant change in participant's knowledge before and after the curriculum (p<0.001). In the cognitive debriefing, participants were satisfied with the organization and structure and found the curriculum feasible. Furthermore, participants identified the skills acquired to aid in being more effective in their communities and work with academic researchers. The following changes were recommended: workshops' order, time, practical activities, and level of language. Discussion: Findings from this study suggest that the curriculum was acceptable and feasible to community leaders and that it might provide skills to actively incorporate community members in research activities. A large randomized clinical trial (RCT) study to evaluate curriculum effectiveness is recommended.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2018.0034CBPR curriculumcommunity capacity buildingcommunity empowerment |
| spellingShingle | Julio C. Jim?nez-Ch?vez Fernando J. Rosario-Maldonado Jeremy A. Torres Axel Ramos-Lucca Eida M. Castro-Figueroa Lydia Santiago Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership Health Equity CBPR curriculum community capacity building community empowerment |
| title | Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership |
| title_full | Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership |
| title_short | Assessing Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community-Based Participatory Research Curriculum for Community Members: A Contribution to the Development of a Community?Academia Research Partnership |
| title_sort | assessing acceptability feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a community based participatory research curriculum for community members a contribution to the development of a community academia research partnership |
| topic | CBPR curriculum community capacity building community empowerment |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2018.0034 |
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