Vivian Chavez, DrPH recently completed post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan ('99-'00). Her research project was a video ethnography of local community based participatory research in Detroit, through the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The project enabled her to: a) learn broadly about the field of CBPR, i.e.: history, values, methodologies, politics; b) learn specific technical skills of documentary video making - a rarely used research method in the field of public health - to educate funding agencies, researchers and community based organizations in the principles and practice of community-based participatory research; and c) apply principles of CBPR to the video making process. An important component of CBPR is the dissemination of findings. Traditionally, this has meant writing-up the results of a study and submitting the product as a presentation and/or manuscript for publication. Principles of CBPR call for this process to be done in partnership with representatives of the community-based organizations that contributed to the research process. Nonetheless, the frame of reference for dissemination of findings is often guided by standards within academia that focus on methodology and outcomes frequently at the expense of process. Although form and content are intricately related, visual arts, music, and other means of interactive education are unusual as sources for dissemination of research findings. In the fall of 2000, Dr. Chavez will begin a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe examples of community-based participatory research. 2. Discuss creative methodologies and the use of video in the dissemination of findings of community-based participatory research. 3. Identify lessons learned in post-doctoral program about the process of conducting community-based participatory research. 4. Discuss the impact of the Community Health Scholars Program experience in current work/research
Keywords: Community Research, Community-Based Partnership
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