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The Cross Cultural Health Care Program

Ensuring that health care (and health research with diverse populations) is culturally and linguistically appropriate is anything but automatic. The Cross Cultural Health Program offers training, consultation, and resource guides that help health care providers and researchers meet the needs of diverse populations and address health disparities.   

From the Cross Cultural (CC) Health Care Program's Cultural Competency Training Program.  http://www.xculture.org/cctrainingprograms.php

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Strategies for Planning and Launching PBRN Research Studies

Describes challenges in 5 areas of Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) research implementation and methods used by the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN) to address them: (1) selecting fundable, feasible studies that interest members and have the potential to improve quality of care; (2) creating a practical budget that covers the costs of the study; (3) composing study teams and securing written agreements between team members; (4) recruiting and selecting study sites; and (5) training practice staff and physicians.   Click here to download.

Graham, Deborah G., Spano, Mindy S., Stewart, Tom V., Staton, Elizabeth W., Meers, Angela, Pace, Wilson D. Strategies for Planning and Launching PBRN Research Studies: A Project of the Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN). Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2007 20: 220-228.   www.jabfm.org/cgi/reprint/20/2/220.pdf

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Social Research Methods Knowledge Base

This link will take you to an online research methods textbook, which provides instruction on both theoretical and applied aspects of the research process. Accessibly written and replete with good examples, the Knowledge Base is suitable for training new staff or brushing up on measurement or basic statistical concepts.   

Trochim, William M. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Copyright ©2006. Internet WWW page, at URL: .  www.socialresearchmethods.net

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PRISM Readability Toolkit

The PRISM Readability Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that shows research teams how to create consent forms and other participant materials in plain language Includes a customizable training workshop in addition to the toolkit.   

Courtesy of the Group Health Research Institute (formerly the Group Health Center for Health Studies).  http://www.centerforhealthstudies.org/capabilities/readability/readability_home.html

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Partnership Self-Assessment tool from the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health

The Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health has developed ideas and tools to enhance partnerships, including an adaptable tool to measure strength and cohesion in a given group. The Partnership Self-Assessment tool, scoring instructions and a coordinator's guide are all freely available for download, along with a published article on the concepts underlying synergy.   

From the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health, Division of Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine.  http://partnershiptool.net/

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