A Participatory Action Research on the Parent Self-Help Group for Transition and Preparation to Adulthood of Students with Developmental Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsik Choi ◽  
Hyunki Shin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Group

scholarly journals Talk About Self-Harm (TASH): participatory action research with young people, GPs and practice nurses to explore how the experiences of young people who self-harm could be improved in GP surgeries

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Bailey ◽  
Linda Kemp ◽  
Nicola Wright ◽  
Gabriella Mutale
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Data Statistics

Abstract Background The incidence of self-harm in young people in primary care is increasing dramatically, and many young people who self-harm visit their GP surgery as a first point of contact for help. Objective To explore with young people, GPs and practice nurses (PNs): (i) why young people present with self-harm to primary care and (ii) whether young people, GPs and PNs can take steps to have more helpful consultations about self-harm in GP surgeries that include self-help materials developed by young people being used to support such consultations to take place. Methods Participatory action research with GPs, PNs and young people employed mixed methods to collect statistical and narrative data. Statistics from 285 young people’s medical records were captured, including more detailed analyses of a random sample of 75 of these records. A series of 24 focus groups with a total of 45 GPs, PNs and young people, with an average number of eight participants in each group, was conducted. Statistical data were subject to descriptive and inferential analyses, and thematic analysis was applied to the transcripts from the focus groups. Results and conclusion The type of self-harm young people presented with influenced whether they would see a GP or PN. While self-help materials were welcomed and deemed helpful, young people, GPs and PNs were ambivalent about using these in short consultations where time was an overriding constraint. More research is needed on the feasibility of adopting self-help assisted interventions in GP surgeries.

Gay and grey: participatory action research in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis SK Kong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Queer Studies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Power Relation ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social

This article examines how a research project transformed into participatory action research (PAR) whose outcome was a self-help group for older (60+) gay men in Hong Kong. The overall process witnessed a change in the level of participation by both the researcher and researched, as well as the social transformation of the participants and production of knowledge on Chinese homosexuality. Most importantly, the morph into PAR can be seen as a process whereby the participants took control and felt empowered. By bridging the gap between queer studies and PAR, this research rethinks three power issues embedded in the research process: the power relation between researcher and researched, that between participants and the major form of oppression in queer lives, i.e. heteronormativity, and the knowledge–power relation in the formulation of Chinese homosexuality.

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