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Supplemental Video
High Plains Research Network. Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: What's a farm auction got to do with it? Presented in .mov, .mp4, .avi, and .wmv formats.
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- HPRN video .mov format - .mov file; 10:09 minutes, 397.5 MB
- HPRN video .mp4 format - .mp4, 396.7 MB (Fastest download!)
- HPRN video .avi format - .avi (dvx), 101.6 MB
- HPRN video .wmv format - .wmv, 1.22 GB
Supplemental Figure
Supplemental Figure: 229 local people participated in the implementation of "Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer"!
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- Supplemental data: Figure - PDF file, 1 page, 3.8 MB
The Article in Brief
Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: How Rural Community Members Took on a Community-Based Intervention
Ned Norman , and colleagues
Background Although participatory research and community engagement in health research have gained momentum in recent years, there are few first-hand descriptions of this process from participating community members. This essay describes a collaboration between community members, primary care practices, and academic researchers to increase colon cancer prevention.
What This Study Found In 2003, the High Plains Research Network convened a Community Advisory Council (CAC) to provide advice, relevance, and community engagement. The CAC quickly became an active group providing input, feedback, innovation, and dissemination efforts. As part of a study to increase colorectal cancer screening in rural Colorado, CAC members participated in training on colon cancer prevention. They spent 6 months developing a locally relevant intervention for rural agricultural communities and a year implementing the intervention. The intervention components included group talks on colon cancer prevention, newspaper articles, and print materials delivered by community members. CAC members participated in all aspects of the research including intervention messaging, survey design, recruitment, implementation, analysis and interpretation of data, and dissemination of results including presentations at national venues and co-authoring manuscripts.
Implications
- Engaging the CAC allowed the intervention to grow from and into the community. Many volunteers became advocates for the intervention and extended the reach and depth of the message. CAC members can be seen in an accompanying video.