A Systematic Review of Community Health Workers' Role in Occupational Safety and Health Research
| Autor: | Jessica Miller Clouser, Gail Betz, Jennifer E. Swanberg, Ashley M Bush, Yancy Padilla, Lori Edwards, Helen M. Nichols, Pietra Check |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors Epidemiology Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Professional Competence Research participant medicine Community health workers Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Occupational Health Community Health Workers Medical education 030505 public health Data collection Public health Communication Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health United States Knowledge Research Design 0305 other medical science Psychology Inclusion (education) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of immigrant and minority health. 20(6) |
| ISSN: | 1557-1920 |
| Popis: | We systematically reviewed the literature to describe how community health workers (CHWs) are involved in occupational health and safety research and to identify areas for future research and research practice strategies. We searched five electronic databases from July 2015 through July 2016. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) study took place in the United States, (2) published as a full peer-review manuscript in English, (3) conducted occupational health and safety research, and (4) CHWs were involved in the research. The majority of 17 included studies took place in the agriculture industry (76%). CHWs were often involved in study implementation/design and research participant contact. Rationale for CHW involvement in research was due to local connections/acceptance, existing knowledge/skills, communication ability, and access to participants. Barriers to CHW involvement in research included competing demands on CHWs, recruitment and training difficulties, problems about research rigor and issues with proper data collection. Involving CHWs in occupational health and safety research has potential for improving inclusion of diverse, vulnerable and geographically isolated populations. Further research is needed to assess the challenges and opportunities of involving CHWs in this research and to develop evidence-based training strategies to teach CHWs to be lay-health researchers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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