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. 2013 May;24(2):840-9.
doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0086.

Increasing the relevance of research to underserved communities: lessons learned from a retreat to engage community health workers with researchers

Heather Angier  1 , Noelle Wiggins, Jessica Gregg, Rachel Gold, Jennifer DeVoe
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Increasing the relevance of research to underserved communities: lessons learned from a retreat to engage community health workers with researchers

Heather Angier et al. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 May.

Abstract

This article presents information on a community retreat developed to seek input from community health workers (CHWs) to increase the relevance of our research to underserved communities in Oregon. Retreats facilitating dialogue between researchers and CHWs could yield important insight to enhance the significance of research for communities.

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