Using a Macro Social Work Strategy to Improve Outreach in Parkinson's Disease Research.
Using a Macro Social Work Strategy to Improve Outreach in Parkinson's Disease Research.
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使用宏观社会工作策略来改善帕金森病研究的推广。
DOI:
10.1093/sw/swy026
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发表时间:
2018
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Tickle-Degnen,Linda
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作者:
SpragueMartinez,Linda;Thomas,CathiA;Saint-Hilaire,Marie;McLaren,Jaye;Young,Jaime;Habermann,Barbara;Tickle-Degnen,Linda
Macro practice is intended to catalyze change in the systems that affect people’s lives, as such the focus is on the ecological context in which individuals and groups operate. Working from a place of empowerment and social justice, macro practitioners rely heavily on community partnerships and engagement and focus on community strengths and assets that can be leveraged to advance social justice. In an attempt to engage communities of color in Parkinson’s disease (PD) research, and to increase awareness of PD in communities of color, macro social work strategies were used by the emergence and evolution of Social Self-Management of Parkinson’s Disease (SocM-PD) research team. SocM-PD is a prospective cohort study examining the social self-management systems and trajectories of people living with PD (Tickle-Degnen et al., 2014).There are disparities in PD clinical trial participation; a systematic review revealed that African Americans in particular were poorly represented in PD clinical trials (Schneider et al., 2009). Among studies that reported enrolling people of color, African Americans represented just 1.7 percent of the study population (studies that targeted only people of color being excluded)(Schneider et al., 2009). Recruitment challenges, however, are not unique to PD researchers. People of color, particularly African Americans and Latinos, are underrepresented in clinical research and can be difficult to recruit (Hussain-Gambles, Atkin, & Leese, 2004; Mosenifar, 2007; Shavers-Hornaday, Lynch, Burmeister, & Torner, 1997). Schneider et al.(2009) described barriers to engaging people of color in PD research that include a lack of information about PD, fear, stigma, and not having a usual source of primary