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Cra To Inform Health Related Research In Rural Oregon, Christina Jäderholm
Cra To Inform Health Related Research In Rural Oregon, Christina Jäderholm
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Annual Conference
Background
To assess five rural Oregon counties’ readiness to take action towards conducting health-related research within their communities, we conducted a Community Readiness Assessment as a process towards reconciling research aims with community priorities and shared resources.
Results were used to guide OHSU’s clinical researchers with plans to implement an exercise-based pilot program for cancer survivors and their partners in Oregon’s rural counties.
Method
The Community Readiness Assessment (CRA) is a validated interviews-based tool for measuring attitudes, knowledge, beliefs and shared resources within communities; Here, as it relates to health-related research. The 36 open-ended questions were administered to 15 community …