Unintended benefits: leadership skills and behavioral change among Guatemalan fieldworkers employed in a longitudinal household air pollution study.
Unintended benefits: leadership skills and behavioral change among Guatemalan fieldworkers employed in a longitudinal household air pollution study.
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DOI：
10.2190/iq.31.4.b
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Smith KR
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作者：
Kuo D;Thompson LM;Lee A;Romero C;Smith KR
在危地马拉农村高原地区，CITIRE和CRECER的研究测量了减少家庭空气污染（HAP）对呼吸健康的影响。本文探讨了行为变化和领导技能的发展，在当地社区成员谁被聘为现场工作人员，以协助研究。实地工作人员管理家庭问卷，分享类似社区卫生工作者的职能，并将卫生资源与社区联系起来。采用混合方法收集数据（深入访谈、焦点小组、影响图、知识问卷和回顾性预试）。有目的的抽样包括10名实地工作人员和13名当地服务提供者。现场工作者表现出知识的增加，积极的态度，并围绕HAP的做法。他们开发了新的技术，人际关系和领导技能。实地工作者在与社区建立信任、沟通资源以及改善外部研究人员与当地人的关系方面发挥了至关重要的作用。对未来研究人员的建议包括增加培训课程和采用社区参与的方法。
The RESPIRE and CRECER studies measured the effects of reduced household air pollution (HAP) from wood-fired cookstoves on respiratory health in rural highland Guatemala. This article examines behavior change and leadership skill development in local community members who were hired as fieldworkers to assist with research. Fieldworkers administered household questionnaires, shared functions similar to community health workers, and bridged health resources to communities. A mixed-methods design for data collection (in-depth interviews, focus groups, impact drawings, knowledge questionnaire, and retrospective pre-test) was used. Purposive sampling included 10 fieldworkers and 13 local service providers. Fieldworkers showed an increase in knowledge, positive attitudes, and practices around HAP. They developed new technical, interpersonal, and leadership skills. Fieldworkers played a crucial role in building confianza (trust) with the community, bridging resources, and improving outside researchers’ relationships with locals. Recommendations for future researchers include inclusion of additional training courses and adoption of community participatory approaches.