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Raymond R. Hyatt, PhD, MS, David M. Gute, PhD, MPH, Alex Pirie, BA, Helen Page, EdD, Ismael Vasquez and Franklin Dalembert, BA

Raymond R. Hyatt is with the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. David M. Gute is with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Alex Pirie is with the Somerville Immigrant Service Providers Group/Health, Somerville, MA. Helen Page is with the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA. Ismael Vasquez is with the Latino Organizing Program, Jovenes Latinos, Somerville. Franklin Dalembert is with the Somerville Haitian Coalition, Somerville.

Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Raymond R. Hyatt, PhD, MS, Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 (e-mail: raymond.hyatt{at}tufts.edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking on the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

Among the first tasks in a collaboration between Tufts University and community organizations in Somerville, MA, was designing an interview instrument to assess occupational health needs among immigrant workers. Human subjects protections was a critical issue, but community partners were not well informed about the need for such protections or the role of the institutional review board (IRB).

During research meetings, members of the team from Tufts trained community collaborators to work with research participants and organized a presentation by a key university IRB administrator.

We present findings from the process evaluation of this project and suggest ways to (1) assess community partners' understanding about working with research volunteers, (2) train collaborators, and (3) involve IRBs.