Increasing the Relevance of Research to Underserved Communities: Lessons Learned from a Retreat to Engage Community Health Workers with Researchers

Authors

Heather Angier, Oregon Health & Science University
Noelle Wiggins, OHSU-PSU School of Public HealthFollow
Jessica Gregg, Oregon Health and Science University
Rachel Gold, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Jennifer E. DeVoe, Oregon Health & Science University

Published In

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Subjects

Community health services -- Oregon, Health planning -- Oregon

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.

Description

This is the publisher's final PDF. Copyright © 2013 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Vol 24, Issue 2, 2013, pages 840-849 and can be found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2013.0086

DOI

10.1353/hpu.2013.0086

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15362

Citation Details

Angier, H., Wiggins, N., Gregg, J., Devoe, J., & Gold, R. (2013). Increasing the relevance of research to underserved communities: lessons learned from a retreat to engage community health workers with researchers. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24(2), 840-849.