Who: Community health workers, community advisory board members
What: Human ethics training for community scientists adapted from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). The training is tailored for non-academic research staff with low English proficiency and limited research experience. The training is culturally informed incorporating factors such as the community makeup, language barriers, education levels, and the local community context. The training was approved a university Institutional Review Board and has been published and shared with scholars from the community-engaged research community.
Where: Community settings
How: The training comprises PowerPoint presentations, case-based scenarios, and role-play activities. To assess content knowledge and understanding, community health workers will complete a written test at the end of each module. To be considered trained in the protection of human subjects and eligible to participate in a research project, community health workers must correctly answer at least 80% of the test questions.
Resources: Training modules are available upon request
Selected Publications
- Kue, J., Szalacha, L.A., Happ, M.B., Crisp, A.L., & Menon, U. (2018). Culturally relevant human subjects protection training: A case study in community-engaged research in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(1), 107-114. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0548-x