We kicked off our first week of field work with a tour of some of the Latino neighborhoods of Charlottesville. Linda met us at 10:00, and together we drove through the Rio Road-Hydraulic area, stopping at apartment complexes, trailer parks, churches, laundromats, and stores frequented by Latinos. Here is a full list of stops we made, which I'm going to eventually try to put into a map:
- Abbington Crossing
- Church of the Incarnation
- Putt Putt neighborhoods- Mallside and Rio Hill
- Berkmar
- Townwood
- University Commons
- Turtle Creek
- Commonwealth neighborhoods
- Mercado World Foods
- Bubbles Laundromat
- Southwood
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| Vianca, Steven, and Ariel on our tour! |
Right now, we have IRB approval to work in the public locations (churches, laundromats, stores), but not in neighborhoods. Over the next few weeks, we'll concentrate on interviewing in the places we already have permission, and we can begin to think about places to expand our study to get a more representative sample. Besides the neighborhoods listed here, we've considered also interviewing at UVA, Social Services, and the Free Clinic. This way, we'd be able to get more information specifically from Latinos who do access the healthcare system.
Our priority for this week is Mercado World Foods. We'll do surveys this week from about 4-7 pm Tuesday (Vianca), Wednesday (Ariel), and Thursday (Vatsal). Remember to keep checking the schedule! For Ariel and Vatsal, let's plan to meet at 3 so we can warm up in Spanish before we start. And we'll play the times by ear- if we're getting a lot of people we'll stay until 7, but we might pack up early if it's empty. We'll decide on Friday in the meeting where we want to go for the weekend shifts! Looking forward to starting, thanks everyone for your patience and hard work!
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