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Practical Strategies to Circumvent and/or Surmount Six Barriers in Health Disparities Research: Observations from a Pilot Project Among Vietnamese Americans

Practical Strategies to Circumvent and/or Surmount Six Barriers in Health Disparities Research:... This paper describes six practical strategies to circumvent and/or surmount barriers encountered in community-based health disparities research, as illustrated within a pilot study on Vietnamese Americans’ perceptions of the US healthcare system. Health issues, including higher rates of cancer in this group, prompted the current study. These six strategies include the following: (1) identify a population with health concerns, (2) establish the role of the community partner early, (3) recruit an investigator who understands not only the language and culture but also the research process, (4) accept the exploratory nature of a study in an understudied group, (5) put in place the groundwork for recontacting community members, and 6) assemble a motivated research team. The descriptive experience reported here might enable other investigators to undertake and complete work in the field of health disparities in minority groups. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Cancer Education Springer Journals

Practical Strategies to Circumvent and/or Surmount Six Barriers in Health Disparities Research: Observations from a Pilot Project Among Vietnamese Americans

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Springer
Subject
Biomedicine; Cancer Research ; Pharmacology/Toxicology
ISSN
0885-8195
eISSN
1543-0154
DOI
10.1007/s13187-011-0222-2
pmid
21461954
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Abstract

This paper describes six practical strategies to circumvent and/or surmount barriers encountered in community-based health disparities research, as illustrated within a pilot study on Vietnamese Americans’ perceptions of the US healthcare system. Health issues, including higher rates of cancer in this group, prompted the current study. These six strategies include the following: (1) identify a population with health concerns, (2) establish the role of the community partner early, (3) recruit an investigator who understands not only the language and culture but also the research process, (4) accept the exploratory nature of a study in an understudied group, (5) put in place the groundwork for recontacting community members, and 6) assemble a motivated research team. The descriptive experience reported here might enable other investigators to undertake and complete work in the field of health disparities in minority groups.

Journal

Journal of Cancer EducationSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 3, 2011

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