Waimanalo Pono Research Hui: A Community-Academic Partnership to Promote Native Hawaiian Wellness through Culturally Grounded and Community-Driven Research and Programming
Waimanalo Pono Research Hui: A Community-Academic Partnership to Promote Native Hawaiian Wellness through Culturally Grounded and Community-Driven Research and Programming
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DOI：
10.1002/ajcp.12355
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发表时间：
2019-07-19
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Spencer，Michael S.
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作者：
Chung-Do，Jane J.;Ho-Lastimosa，Ilima;Spencer，Michael S.
虽然夏威夷经常被描绘成一个田园诗般的天堂，并被认为是美国最健康的州之一，但夏威夷土著人之间普遍存在健康差距。与地球仪上其他土著居民一样，这些差异与殖民化和历史创伤造成的不公正的社会和经济政策有关。以西方为中心的解决这些差距的努力取得了有限的成果。因此，本土框架，以非殖民化西方为中心的研究过程已经出现。Waimānalo Pono Research Hui是社区学术伙伴关系的一个例子，它使用基于社区的参与性研究的土著方法和原则作为基础，让夏威夷土著社区成员参与研究。每月举行一次聚会，社区成员和学术研究人员共享一顿饭，讨论社区优先事项，目的是塑造植根于夏威夷土著价值观的研究和规划。已经为该小组制定了一项使命以及社区参与协议，以确保与Waimānalo Pono研究会合作的所有项目在道德上是合理的，并以社区的偏好、文化知识和生活经验为基础。我们的社区成员不断报告说，Waimānalo Pono研究会积极改变了他们对研究的看法和参与研究的意愿。同样，大学生和学术研究人员表示，他们与社区合作的知识已经增长并激励了他们。为社区和研究人员创造空间，建立真实的关系并参与持续的对话，可以促进基于文化和社区驱动的研究和规划。
Although Hawai‘i is often portrayed as an idyllic paradise and is recognized as one of the healthiest States in the United States, pervasive health disparities exist among Native Hawaiians. Similar to other indigenous populations across the globe, these disparities are linked to unjust social and economic policies rooted in colonization and historical trauma. Western‐centric efforts to address these disparities have yielded limited results. Consequently, indigenous frameworks to decolonize western‐centric research processes have emerged. The Waimānalo Pono Research Hui is an example of a community–academic partnership that uses indigenous methodologies and principles of community‐based participatory research as the foundation to engage Native Hawaiian community members in research. Monthly gatherings are held where community members and academic researchers share a meal and discuss community priorities with the goal of shaping research and programming that are rooted in Native Hawaiian values. A mission for the group has been created as well as protocols for community engagement to ensure all projects that work with the Waimānalo Pono Research Hui are ethically sound and grounded in the community's preferences, cultural knowledge, and lived experiences. Our community members continually report that the Waimānalo Pono Research Hui has positively transformed their perception of and willingness to engage in research. Similarly, university students and academic researchers express how much their knowledge about working with communities has grown and inspired them. Creating spaces for communities and researchers to build authentic relationships and engage in ongoing conversations can promote culturally grounded and community‐driven research and programming.