title: Disseminating the results of participant-focused research.
abstract: Participant-focused research (PFR) includes the "subjects" as full partners in the research process. As such, participants share in the products or outcomes of research. PFR goes beyond the traditional research approach of disseminating findings to other scientists and clinicians and includes participants and community residents in sharing the skills, knowledge, and resources of the study with the objective of empowering the participants. This article demonstrates the use of PFR in disseminating the results or products of study to the participants through two examples of long-term research projects conducted in Los Angeles. The first example is a community-based study of HIV prevention with low-income Latina women. The second example is an ethnographic study of health concerns and risks among adolescents in juvenile detention. These examples provide two approaches to dissemination of research findings and benefits to the participants and the community.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Flaskerud
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D016896:Treatment Outcome