title: From interviewers to friendly visitors: bridging research and practice to meet the needs of low-income Latino seniors.
abstract: This article describes a community-based participatory research (CBPR) effort conducted in a low-income, predominantly Latino community, which bridged traditionally-separate domains of practice and research by engaging neighborhood residents in a collaborative capacity-enhancement process for meeting the needs of vulnerable elderly residents. What began as a simple needs assessment to facilitate program development became a mechanism for engaging neighborhood residents in a collaborative social capital development process. The article describes the origins of this community-based effort, its consumer-led transformation from traditional needs assessment to service provision, resulting benefits and challenges, and implications for meeting the needs of vulnerable populations.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, 94720–7400, USA. scharlach@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Scharlach
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanchez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019022:Almshouses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002140:California; D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011204:Poverty Areas; D016730:Program Development / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology