TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying and Recruiting Mexican American Partners and Sustaining Community Partnerships
AU - Crist, Janice D.
AU - Escandón-Dominguez, Socorro
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - In this article, how community partners were identified and recruited and how community partnerships have been sustained during a current program of study designed to eliminate health and use disparities are described. Hispanic elders use in-home community services less often than do Anglo elders. The critical social paradigm, community development theories, and participatory research methods have guided a partnership with Mexican American elders and their caregivers during five research studies. Although the process of partnering with communities evolves within specific contexts and cannot be precisely predicted, strategies can be transferred to research and transcultural nursing practice to improve preventive care and sustainability of healthful changes in vulnerable populations.
AB - In this article, how community partners were identified and recruited and how community partnerships have been sustained during a current program of study designed to eliminate health and use disparities are described. Hispanic elders use in-home community services less often than do Anglo elders. The critical social paradigm, community development theories, and participatory research methods have guided a partnership with Mexican American elders and their caregivers during five research studies. Although the process of partnering with communities evolves within specific contexts and cannot be precisely predicted, strategies can be transferred to research and transcultural nursing practice to improve preventive care and sustainability of healthful changes in vulnerable populations.
KW - Hispanic
KW - community partnerships
KW - older persons
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U2 - 10.1177/1043659603014003013
DO - 10.1177/1043659603014003013
M3 - Article
C2 - 12861929
AN - SCOPUS:0041705348
SN - 1043-6596
VL - 14
SP - 266
EP - 271
JO - Journal of Transcultural Nursing
JF - Journal of Transcultural Nursing
IS - 3
ER -