Integration of a participatory research strategy into a rural health survey.
The Glades Health Survey, a population-based survey of tuberculosis and HIV infection, provides a model for building community-research partnerships with local health departments in ethnically diverse communities. The survey was initiated without broad community participation; a year and a half of organizing established community leadership of the project. Essential factors in the success of the project included a shared objective, direct confrontation of fears about research, inclusion of all socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups, and community participation in performing the research. These activities led to establishment of a community-based organization that received funding for HIV counseling and testing and HIV prevention case management.
Stratford
Dale
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chamblee
Sandra
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Ellerbrock
Tedd V
TV
Johnson
Rev Johnny W
RJ
Abbott
Denny
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Reyn
C Fordham
CF
Horsburgh
C Robert
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D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012423:Rural Health; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology