title: Increasing the relevance of research to underserved communities: lessons learned from a retreat to engage community health workers with researchers.
abstract: This article presents information on a community retreat developed to seek input from community health workers (CHWs) to increase the relevance of our research to underserved communities in Oregon. Retreats facilitating dialogue between researchers and CHWs could yield important insight to enhance the significance of research for communities.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA. angierh@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Angier
authors.forename: Noelle
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wiggins
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregg
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeVoe
mesh_terms: D003150:Community Health Workers; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008483:Medical Assistance; D008507:Medically Underserved Area