Well-being and Health of Migrant Agricultural Workers and their Families through

描述(申请人提供)：这个试点项目的主要目的是测试使用西班牙语广播剧(广播小说)作为增进社区了解的一种方式的可行性，并开启与华盛顿州亚基马山谷拉美裔社区健康直接相关的生物医学和行为研究的对话。该项目将使用基于社区的参与性方法来选择主题，并将利用华盛顿大学研究人员的广泛专业知识。广播中篇小说将介绍和戏剧化假想的西班牙裔家庭(Romeros)中选定的健康主题，后续的广播电话会议将提供研究人员和社区就该主题进行对话的机会。这部广播中篇小说将对健康主题、研究问题和科学探究的价值进行有趣的平层讨论。他们将服务于教育和参与社区。后续电话计划将为社区成员提供机会，向具有该领域专业知识的活跃研究人员提出问题和建议，并教育研究人员了解社区的关切。描述了几种评估方法。华盛顿大学将与西北社区教育中心/Radio KDNA、亚基马山谷农场工人诊所和传统大学合作开展这一以社区为基础的参与性研究项目。在过去四年中，这些组织在名为“El Proyecto Bienestar/福祉项目”的社区-大学伙伴关系中进行了协作。如果证明有效，评价数据将支持新研究提案的开发和方法的推广。该项目的可转让产品将是一系列广播中篇小说，可供其他广播电台使用。此外，如果成功，还将展示一个加强研究人员与亚基马山谷拉美裔社区之间交流的工具，并验证一个重要的交流机制，供El Proyecto Bienestar今后使用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary purpose of this pilot project is to test the feasibility of using Spanish language radio dramas (radio novelas) with call-in follow-up as a way to enhance community understanding and open a dialog about biomedical and behavioral research directly pertinent to the health of the Hispanic community in the Yakima Valley of Washington. The project will use community based participatory methods to select topics and will tap into the broad expertise of researchers within the University of Washington. Radio novelas will introduce and dramatize selected health topics within an imaginary Hispanic family (the Romeros) and follow-up radio call-in sessions will provide an opportunity for dialog between researchers and the community on the topic. The radio novelas will present an entertaining lay discussion of the health topic, the research issues and the value of scientific inquiry about the topic. They will serve to educate and engage the community. The follow-up call-in program will provide an opportunity for community members to ask questions and make suggestions to an active researcher with expertise in the field and to educate researchers about concerns of the community. Several approaches to evaluation are described. The University of Washington will partner with Northwest Communities Education Center/Radio KDNA, the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and Heritage University in this community-based participatory research project. These organizations have worked collaboratively over the past four years in a community-university partnership called "El Proyecto Bienestar/ The Well-Being Project". Evaluation data will support the development of new research proposals and expansion of the method if proven effective. The transferable products of this project will be a series of radio novelas available to other radio stations. Also, if successful, a demonstration of a tool for enhanced communication between researchers and the Hispanic community of the Yakima Valley and the validation of an important communication mechanism for future use by El Proyecto Bienestar.