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Use of Community Listening Sessions to Disseminate Research Findings to Past Participants and Communities
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2021.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this sequential, explanatory mixed methods study is to determine changes in attitudes towards research, trust in medical researchers and the process, and willingness to participate in research among African Americans immediately after receiving past study findings in a community listening session (CLS). We developed and implemented four CLSs with a total of 57 African Americans who were either past research participants or members of the community-at-large. In the quantitative (dominant) phase, 32 participants completed pre-post surveys and 10 of those participants completed the follow-up semi-structured interviews. Paired samples t-tests and McNemar's test determined bivariate differences between pre- and post-surveys. Thematic analyses determined emerging themes to further understand these differences. There was a significant increase in: (1) perceived advantages of clinical trials pretest (M = 26.63, SD = 5.43) and post-test (M = 28.53, SD = 4.24, p < .01); and (2) in trust in medical researchers from pre to post (M = 36.16, SD = 10.40 vs. M = 27.53, SD = 9.37, p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in pre- and post-tests as it relates to perceived disadvantages of clinical trials and willingness to participate. Qualitative analysis yielded the following themes: (1) sharing research results and the impact on attitudes towards research; (2) community listening sessions: a trust building strategy; and (3) satisfaction with the community listening session. Community listening sessions hold promise as a method that researchers can use to simultaneously disseminate research findings and positively impact research perceptions and potentially participation among racial and ethnic minorities.
- Subjects :
- Original Paper
Health (social science)
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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ethnic group
Dissemination
Listening session
Community
Trust
Session (web analytics)
Test (assessment)
Clinical trial
Black or African American
McNemar's test
Past research participants
Perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Active listening
Psychology
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Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15733610 and 00945145
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81babebd376e3b6c7e8f24861bdf2110