Introduction: Mesoamerican/North American Partnerships for Community Wellbeing

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Loucky ◽  
Alan LeBaron
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
North American ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Community Wellbeing ◽  
The North

Margaret Mead was fond of saying that when speaking about another culture, it would be wise to imagine that someone from that culture was standing next to us. That advice is a good metaphor for what has in fact happened. Global technological and educational advances have brought both readers and writers into what used to be a closed purview of outside "experts." Today discourse across the north-south divide entails challenges to neocolonial approaches and assertions of rights—not only to basic resources and life chances, but also to describe as well as to determine roles, responsibilities, and eventual realities. Growing opportunities for collaboration are evident in a diverse array of cross-cultural partnerships, participatory action research, and community-based development models.

scholarly journals Adapting the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) to engage poor urban communities in Ghana: protocol for a participatory action research study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. e049564
Author(s):  
Mary Abboah-Offei ◽  
Akosua Gyasi Darkwa ◽  
Andrews Ayim ◽  
Adelaide Maria Ansah-Ofei ◽  
Delanyo Dovlo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Key Stakeholders

IntroductionWith rapid urbanisation in low-income and middle-income countries, health systems are struggling to meet the needs of their growing populations. Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in Ghana have been effective in improving maternal and child health in rural areas; however, implementation in urban areas has proven challenging. This study aims to engage key stakeholders in urban communities to understand how the CHPS model can be adapted to reach poor urban communities.Methods and analysisA Participatory Action Research (PAR) will be used to develop an urban CHPS model with stakeholders in three selected CHPS zones: (a) Old Fadama (Yam and Onion Market community), (b) Adedenkpo and (c) Adotrom 2, representing three categories of poor urban neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. Two phases will be implemented: phase 1 (‘reconnaissance phase) will engage and establish PAR research groups in the selected zones, conduct focus groups and individual interviews with urban residents, households vulnerable to ill-health and CHPS staff and key stakeholders. A desk review of preceding efforts to implement CHPS will be conducted to understand what worked (or not), how and why. Findings from phase 1 will be used to inform and co-create an urban CHPS model in phase 2, where PAR groups will be involved in multiple recurrent stages (cycles) of community-based planning, observation, action and reflection to develop and refine the urban CHPS model. Data will be managed using NVivo software and coded using the domains of community engagement as a framework to understand community assets and potential for engagement.Ethics and disseminationThis study has been approved by the University of York’s Health Sciences Research Governance Committee and the Ghana Health Service Ethics Review Committee. The results of this study will guide the scale-up of CHPS across urban areas in Ghana, which will be disseminated through journal publications, community and government stakeholder workshops, policy briefs and social media content. This study is also funded by the Medical Research Council, UK.

scholarly journals Supporting institution-to-community transitions for people with psychiatric disabilities: Findings and implications from a participatory action research project

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Gossett Zakrajsek ◽  
Mansha Mirza ◽  
Nathan Kai-Cheong Chan ◽  
Tom Wilson ◽  
Mark Karner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Psychiatric Disabilities ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Project

<p><span>Despite preference for community-based living, large numbers of people with psychiatric disabilities live in nursing homes throughout the US. Community-based services for this population are limited by public policy and service system barriers. This paper summarizes these barriers and presents the second phase of a participatory action research project jointly developed by university-based researchers and two Centers for Independent Living. A qualitative case study methodology was used to understand the experiences of three individuals with psychiatric disabilities reintegrating into the community from nursing homes. Findings revealed themes of social isolation, participation in virtual communities, variability of impairment experiences and unmet needs for community supports. In addition to thematic findings, action products were generated for the benefit of community partners. These products included national best practice resources and a needs assessment survey tool. Study findings and products point to specific systems change and policy recommendations to better support community reintegration for this population. These recommendations are discussed in light of U.S. healthcare reform and broader disability advocacy efforts.</span></p>

scholarly journals A framework for entry: PAR values and engagement strategies in community research

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Ochocka ◽  
Elin Moorlag ◽  
Rich Janzen
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Collaborative Community

The purpose of this article is twofold: to explore the entry process in community-based research when researching sensitive topics; and to suggest a framework for entry that utilises the values of participatory action research (PAR). The article draws on a collaborative community-university research study that took place in the Waterloo and Toronto regions of Ontario, Canada, from 2005–2010. The article emphasises that community entry is not only about recruitment strategies for research participants or research access to community but it is also concerned with the ongoing engagement with communities during various stages of the research study. The indicator of success is a well established and trusted community-researcher relationship. This article first examines this broader understanding of entry, then looks at how community research entry can be shaped by an illustrative framework, or guide, that uses a combination of participatory action research (PAR) values and engagement strategies. Key words: research entry, community engagement, participatory action research, mental health and cultural diversity

Repoliticising Participatory/Action Research: From Action Research to Activism: some considerations on the 7th Action Research Network of Americas Conference

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-2020) ◽  
pp. 267-278
Author(s):  
de Castro Pitano Sandro ◽  
Rosa Elena Noal ◽  
Cheron Zanini Moretti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social

The seventh conference of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) took place in Montreal, Canada, from the 26th to 28th of June, in 2019. Having as title “Repoliticising Participatory/Action Research: From Action Research to Activism”, the event gathered people from different areas of practice coming mostly from the North American countries: Canada, United States and Mexico. The discussion presented here is based on notes made by the authors in the course of the conference, in which 40 words/keywords were identified, serving as a base to debate the validity of the principles of participatory research and action research in its repoliticisation and activism. Thus, we presented a systematisation of some key themes of the conference, among them, the commitment with the rupture: in relation to the traditional practices of research, the role and the social responsibility of the universities and the transforming character of participation, with emphasis in the effort for its repoliticisation and activism.

Spaces and places for popular education and participatory action research

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Informal Settings

Governments have supported popular education initiatives in the past. And so have community organisations and social movements. But the spaces for popular education have been shrinking in recent times, as part of the impact of neo-liberal globalisation. Public services have been increasingly subjected to pressures from market forces, pressures that have impacted on community-based education and lifelong learning. Despite these wider pressures, educators have continued to find spaces and places for popular education and participatory action research, however, working across sectors in a variety of contexts. The chapter includes examples of innovatory approaches in both formal settings and informal settings (such as libraries and community centres) including examples from both Northern and Southern American contexts.

A resilient research approach: Using community‐based participatory action research in a rural area of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 2491-2503
Author(s):  
Noel L. Shadowen ◽  
Nancy G. Guerra ◽  
Ryan Beveridge ◽  
Elizabeth K. McCoy
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based
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