Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Community Based Participatory Research Questions

Regarding our project working with the Utah Aids Foundation with a particular focus on gay men, we answered the following three questions posed in class: 

(1.) What additional information would you like to know?
  • How well informed is the population? 
  • For those who contracted HIV/AIDS more recently, how did it happen? 
    • Did these individuals previously know about prevention methods and chose not to use them, or were they unaware?
  • What gaps are there in the existing literature? 
  • What is the perception of risk in Utah?
  • What is the perception of the disease overall? 
  • What is the common perception of the Utah Aids Foundation? Is there a stigma attached to using their services or coming to the center?
  •  For those living with HIV/AIDS, what resources/supports are they currently aware of? Where do they stand in need?

(2.) Where could you acquire/secure this information? 
  • Utah Aids Foundation and the resources it has to offer
  • Community members 
  • Local research being performed by organizations or colleges/universities. 
(3.) How would you acquire this information? 
  • Focus groups (we have our first one next week!)
  • Interviews with community members 
  • Literature searches
  • Consulting with experts, community organization leaders
  • Health department records on statewide and national levels

3 comments:

  1. Checking in to say I agree with the above.

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  2. The above is correct and was generated as a community

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  3. I agree with the above questions as being representative of what we discussed for the class activity this past week in regards to our project and newly identified target population.

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