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Sabado P, Kuoch K, Sngiem S, Peong V, Chan L, Hopson C, Veng T, Colfax G, Tham L, Sen-Matthews A, Ung V, Tieng P, Siphan C, Dance J, Chang K, Doxey J, Wood J, D'Anna L. A Community-Defined Approach to Address Trauma Among Cambodian Immigrants and Refugees. Health Promot Pract 2023:15248399231184450. [PMID: 37482758 DOI: 10.1177/15248399231184450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
Abstract
Asian American and Pacific Islanders are one of the fastest growing and most diverse groups in the United States. Yet, they are often aggregated as a single group, masking within-group differences in rates of disease and demographic characteristics commonly associated with elevated health risk. While more than four decades have passed since the Khmer Rouge genocide, Cambodians continue to experience trauma-related psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Funded by the California Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity, the Community Wellness Program (CWP) aimed to reduce mental health disparities among Cambodians in Long Beach and Santa Ana, California, using community-defined approaches. The 6-month program comprised community outreach, educational workshops, strengths-based case management, and social and spiritual activities. Our study aimed to examine the effects of the CWP on trauma symptoms. Program evaluation followed an incomplete stepped wedge waitlist design with two study arms. A linear mixed models analysis revealed that participants reported fewer trauma symptoms as a result of participation in the CWP and that participants experienced fewer symptoms over time. This is an especially important finding, as trauma can lead to long-term individual health effects and to social and health repercussions on an entire cultural group by way of intergenerational trauma. As the number of refugees and displaced individuals continues to grow, there is an urgent need for programs such as the CWP to prevent the lasting effects of trauma.
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- Cambodian Association of American, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Families in Good Health, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Khmer Parent Association, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Cambodian Association of American, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- United Cambodian Community, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Cambodian Association of American, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
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Ricci K, McLauchlin B, Hua J. Impact of a Science Art Exhibit on Public Interest and Student Comprehension of Disease Ecology Research. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOLOGY EDUCATION 2023; 24:00162-22. [PMID: 37089231 PMCID: PMC10117094 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.00162-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Art is a common approach for communicating and educating about science, yet it remains unclear the extent to which science art can benefit varied audiences in varied contexts. To examine this gap, we developed an art exhibit based on the findings of two publications in disease ecology. In study 1, we asked visitors with varying formal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education backgrounds to complete a survey about their interest in science research before and after viewing the exhibit. In study 2, we recruited upper-level ecology undergraduate students to receive one of three treatments: engage with the art exhibit, read the abstracts of the papers, or do neither. Students completed a comprehension quiz immediately after their learning treatment and again 2 weeks later to evaluate retention. Following the exhibit, visitors who did not report a career or major in STEM showed a greater increase in research interest than visitors who did report a career or major in STEM. For the ecology undergraduate students, comprehension quiz scores were higher for students in the abstract group than the art exhibit group, while both groups scored higher than the control group. Retention of information did not significantly differ between the three groups. Overall, these findings suggest that science art exhibits are an effective method for increasing the accessibility of science to broader audiences and that audience identifiers (e.g., level of formal education in STEM) play an important role in audience experience of science communication and science education initiatives.
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- Kyra Ricci
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Barbero C, Hafeedh Bin Abdullah A, Wiggins N, Garrettson M, Jones D, S Guinn A, Girod C, Bradford J, Wennerstrom A. Community Health Worker Activities in Public Health Programs to Prevent Violence: Coding Roles and Scope. Am J Public Health 2022; 112:1191-1201. [PMID: 35737917 PMCID: PMC9342815 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.306865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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In multiple and related forms, violence is a serious public health issue with lasting impacts on health and wellness in the United States. Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers and trusted members of communities. We aimed to analyze recent examples of CHW activities in violence prevention public health programs with a goal of informing future programs and research. We collected more than 300 documents published between 2010 and 2020 to identify public health programs to prevent violence including CHW activities. We used an iterative process to develop and apply a coding scheme to the CHW activities. We identified 20 public health programs to prevent violence which included CHW activities. CHWs most often addressed community violence, youth violence, and family violence and played an average of 8 of 10 core roles per program. Fewer than a third (i.e., 6 programs) reported community-focused CHW activities to address upstream and structural determinants of health inequities. This first examination, to our knowledge, of the intersection of the CHW and violence prevention literature shows that CHWs have played many of their core roles in public health programs to address multiple forms of violence. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(8):1191-1201. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306865).
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- Colleen Barbero
- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Colleen Barbero, Angie S. Guinn, Candace Girod, and Joivita Bradford are with the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah is with CommUnity Healing Through Activism and Strategic Mobilization and Sokoto House, Wilmington, NC. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Health Worker Common Indicators Project, Portland, OR. Mariana Garrettson is with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Chapel Hill, NC. Dean Jones is with HOOPWAVE Sports Mentoring, Hartford, CT. Ashley Wennerstrom is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Note. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Goedhart NS, Pittens CACM, Tončinić S, Zuiderent-Jerak T, Dedding C, Broerse JEW. Engaging citizens living in vulnerable circumstances in research: a narrative review using a systematic search. RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2021; 7:59. [PMID: 34479622 PMCID: PMC8414765 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-021-00306-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Although public engagement in research is increasingly popular, the involvement of citizens living in vulnerable circumstances is rarely realized. This narrative review aims to describe and critically analyse concerns and corresponding strategies, tools, and methods that could support the inclusion of these citizens in health research. The 40 studies that are included were thematically analysed using the socioecological model. Concerns originate most often on the intrapersonal level of the socioecological model, but concerns were also identified at institutional, community, and policy levels. It is thought-provoking that there is a lack of attention for the research and policy structure in which engagement practices are designed, implemented and evaluated. More research is needed to explore how these cultures could be changed in a way that promotes rather than restrains the engagement of citizens living in vulnerable circumstances in research and policymaking.
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- N S Goedhart
- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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