Why did the researchers reach out to faith-based organizations (FBOs) to identify participants for the focus group interviews?

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Journal Article Worksheet #1

Team Assignment: Spring 2022

Answer the following questions using complete sentences. Explain your answer in a few sentences to adequately address each question. Answers should be grammatically correct without spelling or punctuation errors.

  1. The most important principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) is that the researchers engage members of a study population (or community) as active and equal participants in all phases of the research process. (See p.163 in textbook.) Discuss whether or not the researchers accomplished this principle of CBPR. (3 points)
  2. Why did the researchers reach out to faith-based organizations (FBOs) to identify participants for the focus group interviews? (2 points)
  3. What reason(s) did the researchers give for not recruiting African Americans as study participants? (2 points)
  4. Describe how the Flint water issue was similar to Tuskegee from the perspective of the study participants? (3 points)
  5. From what you know about CBPR and qualitative research designs, what strategies could the researchers have used to be successful in recruiting African Americans for the study?
    (3 points)