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PCC collaborates with academic institutions to conduct community-based participatory research. This provides an opportunity for Hispanic community members to play an active role in assessing and improving the status of our community’s health and well-being. 

Our collaborative research project to date include:

Community Readiness Assessment: Hispanic Health in Nashville:

Participatory research project with Tennessee State University (TSU) Center for Health Research and PCC, funded by the Sociological Initiatives Foundation.  (March 2006 – March 2007).  Through this collaboration:

  •  TSU trained 6 PCC members to conduct interviews of 50 Hispanic community members

  •  Presented findings to Hispanic community members of Community Readiness Assessment: Hispanic Health in Nashville  at PCC (download.pdf)

  •  PCC members co-authored a publication of the study findings in the Journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships (download pdf)

  • Organized community-capacity building workshops:

✴                  Let’s Build Bridges to Health: Bridges to Care (October 2006)

✴                  Assessment Report to community organizations (November 2006)

✴                  Capacity Building and Community Participation for Change (November 2006)

✴                  Hispanic Health Issues: Obesity/Diabetes and Dental Health (December 2006)

Hispanic Health in Nashville 2007 survey:

Participatory research project with TSU, Vanderbilt University, Meharry Medical College, and PCC (June – October 2007).  Through this collaboration:

  •  TSU trained  15 PCC members to help conduct interviews of 500 Hispanic community members around Nashville

  •  Presented findings to Hispanic community members of Hispanic Health in Nashville 2007 Survey at PCC (November 2007)

Familias Saludables / Healthy Families Pilot Project:

Participatory research project with TSU, Vanderbilt University, Meharry Medical College, and PCC, with funding from the National Institutes of Health (October 2007 – April 2009).  Through this collaboration:

  •  Tailored the We Can! childhood obesity prevention program to be culturally-appropriate for Hispanic families (for parents with children ages 5-10)

  •  Program implemented by promotor/a(s) de salud (lay health promoters) in pilot study

GEMAS Pilot Project:

Participatory research project with Vanderbilt, Meharry Meducal College, TSU and PCC (July 2008 – June2009), with funding from the Tennessee Department of Health.  Through this collaboration:

✴     Tailored a parent-daughter education program for girls ages 8-10 to be culturally-appropriate for the Hispanic community

✴     Program implemented by promotor/a(s) de salud (lay health promoters) in pilot study

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Pilot Study:

Participatory research project with TSU and PCC (2008) to examine attitudes in the Hispanic community about the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.  Through this collaboration:

  •  Developed a new study funded by the Meharry-Vanderbilty-TSU Cancer Partnership starting in August 2009 (under a grant of the National Institutes of Health), which will implement and evaluate a social marketing campaign to increase use of the HPV vaccine among Hispanic girls

  •  PCC members co-authored a publication of the study findings in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (download pdf)