Engaging communities in participatory research and action

2020 ◽  
pp. 218-231
Author(s):  
Meredith Minkler ◽  
Charlotte Chang
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Building Community

After reading this chapter you will be able to: define participatory research and its core principles; describe how engaging communities in participatory research and action can add value to research, while building community capacity and helping achieve action to promote community health; identify some of the challenges that arise in such work and how they may be addressed; describe a case study that started with an important issue in the community and demonstrates core principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), challenges faced in such work, and subsequent community action for change.

Engaging communities in participatory research and action

2013 ◽  
pp. 198-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Minkler ◽  
Charlotte Chang
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Building Community

After reading this chapter you will be able to define participatory research and its core principles, describe how engaging communities in participatory research and action can add value to research, while building community capacity and helping achieve action to promote community health, identify some of the challenges that arise in such work and how they may be addressed, and describe a case study that started with an important issue in the community and demonstrates core principles of CBPR, challenges faced in such work, and subsequent community action for change.

Modeling the Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research in a Community Health Assessment Conducted by a Health Foundation

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Jaynes Williams ◽  
Patricia Gail Bray ◽  
Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza ◽  
Ilana Reisz ◽  
Jane Peranteau
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Health Assessment ◽  
Practical Applications

The authors discuss strategies used and lessons learned by a health foundation during development of a community health assessment model incorporating community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches. The assessment model comprises three models incorporating increasing amounts of CPBR principles. Model A combines local-area analysis of quantitative data, qualitative information (key informants, focus groups), and asset mapping. Model B, a community-based participatory model, emphasizes participatory rural appraisal approaches and quantitative assessment using rapid epidemiological assessment. Model C, a modified version of Model B, is financially more sustainable for our needs than Model B. The authors (a) describe origins of these models and illustrate practical applications and (b) explore the lessons learned in their transition from a traditional, nonparticipatory, quantitative approach to participatory approaches to community-health assessment. It is hoped that this article will contribute to the growing body of knowledge of practical aspects of incorporating CBPR approaches into community health assessments.

scholarly journals Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Develop Geospatial Models Toward Improving Community Health for Disadvantaged Hispanic Populations in Charlotte, NC

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Ludden ◽  
Yhenneko J. Taylor ◽  
Laura K. Simmons ◽  
Heather A. Smith ◽  
Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hispanic Populations

Promotoras Voice Their Challenges in Fulfilling Their Role as Community Health Workers

2020 ◽  
pp. 152483992092118
Author(s):  
Pamela Orpinas ◽  
Rebecca A. Matthew ◽  
Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez ◽  
Alejandra Calva ◽  
J. Maria Bermúdez
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Community Based

Promotoras de salud (Spanish for female community health workers) are integral to efforts to enhance the health and well-being of Latinx individuals, families, and communities. The purpose of this study was to describe the challenges that promotoras face and the proposed solutions from the perspective of the promotoras themselves. Five promotoras who worked for a year as volunteers in a community-based participatory research study, Lazos Hispanos, participated in two group interviews. Eight challenges emerged—balancing their new work with their family commitments, handling their perceived imbalance of power with men, managing the emotional impact of hearing participants’ problems, facing and handling the barriers imposed by having limited English language skills, feeling discouraged by the perception of ethnocentric beliefs and discrimination from some providers, feeling disheartened by the cultural beliefs of some Latinx participants, handling the lack of transportation for themselves and for the participants, and managing the burden of data collection for the research aspect of the program. The explanation of these challenges and the practical solutions they proposed are embedded in their intersecting identities. The solutions are a valuable addition to the practice of health promotion and community-based participatory research, particularly within Latinx communities.

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