Cross-cultural considerations in the conduct of community-based participatory research.
This article explores cross-cultural challenges that arise when university and community members collaborate in community-based participatory research. As part of a project for primary prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, researchers trained community leaders to jointly develop a research question and conduct a pilot qualitative study in a Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts. Different priorities of the community and university members about HIV as a research topic underscored the need to continuously reflect on developing a research question in community-based participatory research. Recognizing the cultural assumptions of both university and community members is an important component of capacity building among collaborative research teams.
Foster
Jennifer
J
School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst 01003, USA. jwfoster@nursing.umass.edu
Stanek
Kari
K
D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008404:Massachusetts; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012107:Research Design