title: Culturally sensitive community engaged research with African American young women: lessons learned.
abstract: The use of culturally sensitive research approaches is of paramount importance in conducting community-engaged research with African American communities. The purpose of this article is to describe the development and use of culturally and community sensitive research methods in a study to understand social messages about pregnancy and childbearing among low-income urban African American adolescent girls. Key elements of this community accepted focused ethnography study are described, including study design, recruitment, data collection, and analysis techniques.
authors.affiliation: Center for Adolescent Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. seco0004@umn.edu
authors.forename: Molly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Secor-Turner
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sieving
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garwick
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spratt
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Duke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology*; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000379:methods; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D036801:Parturition / Q000208:ethnology; D018579:Patient Selection; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012107:Research Design; D035842:Research Subjects / Q000523:psychology*; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D014505:Urban Population; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult