title: Engaging community in the quality of hypertension care project with Hmong Americans.
abstract: This paper describes the collaborative endeavors between researchers and the Hmong community to develop and test a quality of hypertension care survey instrument. In-depth interviews with community leaders and hypertensive patients enhanced the understanding of quality of care from Hmong socio-cultural perspectives. Knowledge gained from the Hmong community was integrated into the research process. The collaborative process led to generating a culturally sensitive survey instrument, overcoming cultural barriers for recruitment of survey participants, and facilitating community involvement in all aspects of research implementation. Applying community-sensitive research methods ensured the success of the project.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Avenue, N611Y, San Francisco, California 94143-0610, USA. candice.wong@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Vangleng
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mouanoutoua
authors.forename: Meng-Jinn
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002140:California; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D054521:Cultural Competency; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007812:Laos / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018579:Patient Selection; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology; D012107:Research Design; D035844:Researcher-Subject Relations / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires