Melody S. Goodman|Janice Johnson Dias|Jewel D. Stafford
Increasing Research Literacy in Minority Communities: CARES Fellows Training Program
Stony Brook University|John Jay College of Criminal Justice|Stony Brook University
community alliance research empowering social change cares academiccommunity research partnership designed 1 train community members evidence based public health 2 increase community members scientific literacy 3 develop infrastructure communitybased participatory research local stakeholders examine address racialethnic health disparities communities nineteen community members enrolled cares training training consisted 11 didactic training sessions 4 experiential workshops taught multidisciplinary faculty research institutions results suggest training increased research literacy prepared community members collaborative work academic researchers empowered utilize scientific research methods create social change communities