title: Integration of a participatory research strategy into a rural health survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stratford
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chamblee
authors.forename: Tedd V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Ellerbrock
authors.forename: Rev Johnny W
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Denny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: C Fordham
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Reyn
authors.forename: C Robert
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Horsburgh
mesh_terms: 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