Minority Health Risk Behaviors: An Introduction to Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Violence, Pregnancy Prevention and Substance Use
Maternal and Child Health JournalPublished 1 December 2001
Dorothy C. Browne, Patricia A. Clubb, Alison M. B. Aubrecht, Melvin Jackson
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The RSVPP sites learned many lessons regarding community-based research, including the value of building trust, the dynamic nature of communities, the intensive time and resources necessary for success, dissimilarities between researcher and community goals, the importance of clear communication, and the difficulty of disseminating findings regarding sensitive topics.
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Community involvement posed challenges, but enhanced the quality of the implementation and the evaluation of the interventions. This special issue includes findings from the RSVPP sites.
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