Community-Based Participatory Research in Boston's Neighborhoods: A Review of Asthma Case Examples

Three case examples of asthma studies that differ in terms of community and involvement are considered. The Boston Chinatown studies faced limited funding that restricted the level of community involvement, but resulted in some of the first published evidence about asthma in Asian American children....

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Published in:Archives of environmental & occupational health 2010-01, Vol.65 (1), p.38-44
Main Authors: Brugge, Doug, Rivera-Carrasco, Edna, Zotter, Jean, Leung, Alice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Asian Americans
asthma
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - ethnology
Boston - epidemiology
Child
Community involvement
community-based participatory research
Community-Based Participatory Research - methods
Data Collection
Emigrants and Immigrants
epidemiology
Female
Health Literacy
Humans
Male
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Neighborhoods
Public Housing
research methods
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Three case examples of asthma studies that differ in terms of community and involvement are considered. The Boston Chinatown studies faced limited funding that restricted the level of community involvement, but resulted in some of the first published evidence about asthma in Asian American children. These studies led to an asthma education program grant to a local Asian clinic and elementary school. The public housing study was a well-funded multi-year study of asthma and pest management with city, university and community partners. Residents were trained to collect data and participated throughout the study. Follow up pest management and pesticide buy-back programs headed by the city and community partners have been funded. The Dorchester case had more limited funding, but had the greatest level of involvement of parents of asthmatic children in all phases of the research. This survey led to an interesting novel finding of lower asthma prevalence in foreign born black residents.
ISSN:1933-8244
2154-4700
DOI:10.1080/19338240903390214