title: Making human subject protection training community responsive: experiences delivering on the community-based participatory research promise.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach was used by the California-based Environmental Railyard Research (ENRRICH) Study, a partnership between scientists from Loma Linda University (LLU) and a local community organization, with the aim of assessing the health effects of exposure to emissions from a rail yard on a community.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To allow meaningful community participation in all study activities and comply with institutional review board (IRB) requirements, all participants involved needed to be properly trained and certified in the ethical conduct of human subjects (HS) research. Existing IRB training materials and the conventional certification methods designed for university scientists are not well-suited for community members who often face educational as well as language barriers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The purpose of this article is to share experiences in developing and implementing a customized human subject research curriculum, which was community responsive and addressed IRB requirements.
authors.forename: Rhonda
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authors.lastname: Spencer-Hwang
authors.forename: Sam
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authors.lastname: Soret
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authors.forename: Johanny
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authors.lastname: Valladares
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authors.lastname: Rangel
authors.forename: Caroline
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authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000458:organization & administration; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006801:Humans; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*