A CBPR Approach to Biomedical & Behavioral Health Communication with Farmworkers

说明(申请人提供)：移民和季节性农场工人及其家人暴露在许多环境和职业健康危害中，他们经历了很高的受伤和疾病发生率。记录农场工人所经历的健康危害和疾病的努力已经扩大。然而，农场工人参与针对他们的健康危害和疾病的研究，以及以他们能够理解和使用的形式向农场工人传达研究结果的工作仍然有限。我们建议在现有的以社区为基础的组织和机构框架之间建立伙伴关系，这些组织和机构组成了农民倡导网络(FAN)和维克森林大学医学院(WFUSM)的健康科学家。我们在本申请中提出的基于社区的参与性研究(CBPR)伙伴关系基于两个原则。第一，农场工人及其社区组织应与卫生科学家合作，选择和开展针对农场工人健康的研究。第二个原则是，农场工人应该了解生物医学和行为科学的结果，以便他们能够更好地利用这些知识来改善自己的健康和生活质量。作为落实这些原则的第一步，该项目将实现三个具体目标：(1)制定基于粉丝社区的组织和机构与WFUSM之间持续合作的框架；(2)建设基于粉丝社区的组织和机构参与移民和季节性农场工人的健康和生活质量研究的能力，建设WFUSM健康科学家与社区利益攸关方有效沟通的能力；以及(3)确定、实施和评估向移民和季节性农场工人传达健康科学成果的有效方法。在该项目结束时，FAN/WFUSM伙伴关系将能够有效地合作开展关于农场工人健康的研究，并将这项研究的结果以他们可以使用的形式传达给农场工人。FAN和WFUSM的合作伙伴关系还将利用他们的合作将他们的研究成果转化为政策，以改善影响农场工人健康和生活质量的法规。移徙和季节性农场工人及其家人面临许多环境和职业健康危害，他们的受伤和患病比率很高。记录农场工人所经历的健康危害和疾病的努力有所扩大；然而，农场工人参与针对他们的健康危害和疾病的研究，以及以他们能够理解和使用的形式向农场工人传达研究结果的工作仍然有限。这项研究的结果将为农场工人宣传网络/维克森林大学医学院伙伴关系提供一个框架，以便有效地合作开展关于农场工人健康的研究，并以他们可以使用的形式向农场工人传达这项研究的结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families are exposed to numerous environmental and occupational health hazards, and they experience high rates of injuries and illnesses. Efforts to document the health hazards and illnesses that farmworkers experience have expanded. However, the involvement of farmworkers in the conduct of research that addresses their health hazards and illnesses, and the communication of research results to farmworkers in forms that they can understand and use remains limited. We propose a partnership between an existing framework of the community-based organizations and agencies that comprise the Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN) and health scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM). The community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership we propose in this application is based on two principles. The first is that farmworkers and their community-based organizations should collaborate with health scientists in selecting and conducting research that addresses farmworker health. The second principle is that farmworkers should understand the results of biomedical and behavioral science so that they can better use this knowledge to improve their health and quality of life. As a first step toward implementing these principles, this project will achieve three specific aims; we will (1) develop a framework for ongoing collaboration between FAN community-based organizations and agencies and WFUSM; (2) build the capabilities among FAN community-based organizations and agencies to participate in research on the health and quality of life of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and build the capacity of WFUSM health scientists to effectively communicate with community stakeholders; and (3) identify, implement and evaluate effective approaches to communicate the results of health science to migrant and seasonal farmworkers. At the end of this project, the FAN/WFUSM partnership will be in a position to collaborate effectively in the conduct of research addressing farmworker health and to communicate the results of this research to farmworkers in a form that they can use. The FAN and WFUSM partnership will also be in a position to use their collaboration to translate their research results to inform policy that will improve regulations that affect the health and quality of life of farmworkers. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families are exposed to numerous environmental and occupational health hazards, and they experience high rates of injuries and illnesses. Efforts to document the health hazards and illnesses that farmworkers experience have expanded; however, the involvement of farmworkers in the conduct of research that addresses their health hazards and illnesses, and the communication of research results to farmworkers in forms that they can understand and use remains limited. The results of this research will provide a framework for the Farmworker Advocacy Network / Wake Forest University School of Medicine partnership to collaborate effectively in the conduct of research addressing farmworker health and to communicate the results of this research to farmworkers in a form that they can use.