CULTURAL VALUES & HEALTH RESEARCH: A METHODS CONFERENCE

这次会议的目的是提供健康干预。 在文化敏感研究方面日益成熟的研究人员 方法，以努力减少美国人之间的健康差距。 这次会议将讨论的问题是：(1)鉴于 美国少数族裔群体内部的异质性 国家，并鉴于少数群体生活和运作在 主流文化；干预研究人员如何识别和评估 其目标群体的文化价值观，并决定在多大程度上 成员持有其主要文化群体的文化价值观？(2)如何 干预研究人员是否考虑了问题中的文化价值观 确定和概念或理论模型选择、主题 招募和参与、干预发展和设计，以及 概念的测量？会议概念框架包括 文化价值矩阵(以群体为中心的水平、意识 控制、时间感知和偏好行为模式)和研究 方法(研究问题概念化、学科招募、 干预措施的制定和实施，以及衡量)。五十岁中- 职业健康研究人员将被邀请。两天半 在翼展会议中心举行的工作会议将包括 开幕和闭幕主旨演讲、专家演讲者、参与者海报 演讲、小组工作会议和综合演讲 每个工作组的想法和建议。参与者将 在会议前阅读相关文献选集，以及 会后将收到一套会议录像带和一份 综合想法的书面副本。参赛者将被期望 在自己的研究和共享会议中使用会议产品 与他们的同事交流想法。

The purpose of this conference is to provide health intervention researchers with increased sophistication in culturally sensitive research methodology in an effort to reduce the health disparities among Americans. The questions this conference will address are: (1) Given the heterogeneity that occurs within minority ethic groups in the United States, and given that minority groups live and function within the dominant culture; how can intervention researchers identify and assess the cultural values of their target group and determine the degree to which members hold the cultural values of their primary cultural group? (2) How do intervention researchers account for cultural values in problem identification and conceptual or theoretical model selection, subject recruitment and participation, intervention development and design, and the measurement of concepts? The conference conceptual framework consists of a matrix of cultural values (level of group centeredness, sense of control, time perception, and preferred behavioral patterns) and research methods (research problem conceptualization, subject recruitment, intervention development and implementation, and measurement). Fifty mid- career health researchers will be invited. The two and one-half day working conference, at the Wingspread Conference Center, will consist of opening and closing keynote addresses, expert speakers, participant poster presentations, small group working sessions, and a synthesis presentation of the ideas and recommendations of each working group. Participants will read an anthology of relevant literature prior to the conference, and after the conference will receive a set of conference videotapes and a written copy of the synthesized ideas. Participants will be expected to use conference products in their own research and to share conference ideas with their colleagues.