This guide was created in collaboration with Project Canntalk, a qualitative research study about cannabis messaging, at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS). CAAS is a center for studying substance use within Brown University’s School of Public Health (SPH). A wide range of research studies regarding substance use are conducted at CAAS, from laboratory investigations to community engaged interventions. This project was conceptualized by conducting a needs assessment. First, it was observed during the processes of reviewing interview transcripts that certain cannabis-specific terms were getting lost in translation during the transcription phase. After conversations with principal investigator of the study, members of the study staff, and the director of the office of community engagement at Brown SPH, it was identified that a priority of CAAS is advancing community engagement. It was agreed that compiling informational materials for research assistants lacking knowledge about cannabis language could reduce communication barriers between community members and research assistants, and advance community engagement. Possessing basic knowledge about how people communicate about cannabis could help research assistants engage people who use cannabis more effectively.
Rehan Aslam,
"A Community Information Guide on Cannabis and Cannabis Culture for Research Assistants"
(2023).
MPH Applied Public Health Experience.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/r7t7-n019
This collection highlights Master of Public Health students' Applied Public Health Practice Experience. Students in the applied public health practice field placement work with established public health professionals along side professionals from other fields to address contemporary real world public …
