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Abstract A45: Informing community participants of research: Multiple strategies from Project HEAL
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Project HEAL (Health through Early Awareness and Learning) is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project utilizing a community health advisor (CHA) model that aims to improve cancer screening behaviors among African Americans in 14 churches throughout Prince George's County, Maryland. Participants attend a CHA-led 3-workshop series on cancer early detection that is based on three evidence-based interventions. Follow-up workshops are held at 12- and 24-months to assess project sustainability and health-related behavior change. The success of longitudinal CBPR and implementation studies such as Project HEAL rely heavily on relationship building in the early phases at all participant levels (e.g., pastor, CHA, workshop participant) and relationship maintenance throughout the study period. A key aspect of CBPR studies and maintaining rapport with participants and community members is reporting back findings in a lay accessible, health-literate fashion. Project HEAL utilized multiple strategies and channels to report data and research findings and share project-related news back to project participants: annual reports; PowerPoint presentations delivered at the 12- and 24- month follow-up workshops; and a final testimonial video featuring project pastors, CHAs, and workshop participants. Each piece was developed and implemented with health literacy, lay person accessibility, and various platform preferences (e.g., paper-based, audio [workshop presentation], video) in mind. These methods were successful in maintaining good relationships with workshop participants as shown by the 84% response rate achieved on the final participant survey 24 months after the workshop intervention. We present our experiences to provide guidance for future longitudinal implementation CBPR research in community- and faith-based contexts.
Citation Format: Sherie Lou Zara Santos, Cheryl L. Holt, Mary Ann Scheirer, Muhiuddin Haider, Jimmie Slade, Roxanne Carter. Informing community participants of research: Multiple strategies from Project HEAL. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Ninth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2016 Sep 25-28; Fort Lauderdale, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017;26(2 Suppl):Abstract nr A45.</jats:p
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