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

描述（由申请人提供）：本试点项目的主要目的是测试使用西班牙语广播剧（广播中篇小说）和电话跟进的可行性，以此作为一种增强社区理解的方式，并就与华盛顿亚基马山谷西班牙裔社区健康直接相关的生物医学和行为研究展开对话。该项目将使用基于社区的参与式方法来选择主题，并将利用华盛顿大学研究人员的广泛专业知识。广播中篇小说将在一个虚构的西班牙裔家庭（罗梅罗一家）中介绍和戏剧化选定的健康主题，后续的广播电话会议将为研究人员和社区之间就该主题进行对话提供机会。广播中篇小说将对健康话题、研究问题和科学探究的价值进行有趣的讨论。他们将教育和参与社区。后续电话联络计划将为社区成员提供机会，向在该领域具有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所关注的问题。介绍了几种评价方法。华盛顿大学将与西北社区教育中心/ KDNA电台、亚基马山谷农场工人诊所和传统大学合作开展这个以社区为基础的参与性研究项目。在过去的四年里，这些组织在一个名为“El Proyecto Bienestar/ the well - well Project”的社区-大学合作项目中进行了合作。如果证明有效，评估数据将支持新的研究建议的发展和方法的扩展。该项目的可转让产品将是一系列可供其他广播电台使用的广播中篇小说。此外，如果成功，将展示一种加强研究人员与亚基马河谷西班牙裔社区之间交流的工具，并验证一种重要的交流机制，供El proyeecto Bienestar将来使用。

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.