Community Research Advisors As Research Partners: An Analysis of Their Training

Clinical research is an increasingly important aspect of medical practice resulting in benefits believed to be most pronounced at the level of the patient. The Lay Health Advisor model has been identified as a useful modality for medical health education in historically difficult to access communities. At present there is a paucity of information concerning how the Lay Health Advisor model may be used to impact clinical research in hard to reach communities and even less information concerning the training of Lay Health Advisors used in this capacity. This paper attempts to assess the training of Lay Health Advisors called Community Research Advocates with pre and post questionnaires concerning their general knowledge about the clinical research process.Master of Public Healt