Increasing research literacy in minority communities: CARES fellows training program

  • Melody S. Goodman
  • , Janice Johnson Dias
  • , Jewel D. Stafford

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    Abstract

    THE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR Research Empowering Social Change (CARES) is an academic-community research partnership designed to: (1) train community members about evidencebased public health, (2) increase community members' scientific literacy, and (3) develop the infrastructure for community-based participatory research so that local stakeholders can examine and address racial/ethnic health disparities in their communities. Nineteen community members enrolled in the CARES training. The training consisted of 11 didactic training sessions and 4 experiential workshops, taught by a multidisciplinary faculty from research institutions. Results suggest that the training increased research literacy, prepared community members for collaborative work with academic researchers, and empowered them to utilize scientific research methods to create social change in their communities.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)33-41
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
    Volume5
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Dec 2010

    Keywords

    • Academic-community partnership
    • Community-based participatory research
    • Evidence-based public health
    • Public health training
    • Research literacy

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