Welcome to the new HEDIR…after many months of struggles I’ve been able to work with some very smart people to get this page and website created. This website now hosts the HEDIR Discussion Group and the HEDIR Blog, and it will include a directory of health educators.
Note: The HEDIR Discussion and the HEDIR.org (HEDIR Registry) are DIFFERENT. Obviously they’re related, but the HEDIR Registry is this site where the directory, blog, and other items will be located. You need to register with the HEDIR Registry. Click the ‘register‘ button to the right.
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For some time now there has been a movement to have established an office of National Nurse. This person would be right hand to the Surgeon General. As a nurse myself I can see great benefit to this. However, when two of the nurses working on this made the statement “who better to educate the American public about how to be healthy” I took exception. Who better to educate than an educator? Can we step up and step into this discussion?
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To the group, I had another thought about how we can combine community organizing and technology. Looking at the three models of the community organizing – locality, social action, and social planning – how can we use technology like twitter, blogging, facebook, etc.
What are your thoughts?
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Below is a brief abstract about community based participatory research.
What are your thoughts about CBPR and the use of technology? Is there literature that explores the connection between the two?
Community-Based Participatory Research From the Margin to the Mainstream Are Researchers Prepared?
Carol R. Horowitz, MD, MPH; Mimsie Robinson, MA, MPS; Sarena Seifer, MD
Abstract—Despite an increasing arsenal of effective treatments, there are mounting challenges in developing strategies that prevent and control cardiovascular diseases, and that can be sustained and scaled to meet the needs of those most vulnerable to their impact. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach to conducting research by equitably partnering researchers and those directly affected by and knowledgeable of the local circumstances that impact health. To inform research design, implementation and dissemination, this approach challenges academic and community partners to invest in team building, share resources, and mutually exchange ideas and expertise. CBPR has led to a deeper understanding of the myriad factors influencing health and illness, a stream of ideas and innovations, and there are expanding opportunities for funding and academic advancement. To maximize the chance that CBPR will lead to tangible, lasting health benefits for communities, researchers will need to balance rigorous research with routine adoption of its conduct in ways that respectfully, productively and equally involve local partners. If successful, lessons learned should inform policy and inspire structural changes in healthcare systems and in communities.
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