Improving asthma research in an inner-city Latino neighborhood with community health workers.
This study tests the feasibility of a partnership between an academic medical center and community health workers to perform mutually beneficial research investigating asthma in an urban Latino neighborhood. Community heath workers participated in the study design, instrument development, implementation, and analysis. The 103 participants recruited by the community health workers were primarily Mexican with very low education and acculturation levels. After the 1-year enrollment period, the community health workers described the challenges of data collection and gave explanations for the access to care outcomes. This academic-community partnership showed that community health workers can be effective research partners.
Martin
Molly
M
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. molly_a_martin@rush.edu
Hernández
Olivia
O
Naureckas
Edward
E
Lantos
John
J
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011203:Poverty; D012106:Research; D014505:Urban Population