scholarly journals Asset Mapping as a Research Tool for Community-Based Participatory Research in Social Work

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lightfoot ◽  
Jennifer Simmelink McCleary ◽  
Terry Lum
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Asset Mapping ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Conducting Research

Participatory research approaches such as community-based participatory research (CBPR) have emerged as an innovative way of conducting social work research. As social work researchers increasingly incorporate participatory approaches, they adopt and adapt research methods and procedures to fit participatory models. One such procedure, asset mapping, provides an appropriate method for conducting research and is particularly well suited to both the CBPR approach and social work's strengths-based approach to social issues. Although asset mapping as a community practice technique is not new to social work, it has been seldom used as a research tool in social work research and is generally not introduced as a research method in social work courses or in social work research textbooks.

Institutional Review Board Basics for Pedagogy Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
Whitney Boling ◽  
Kathryn Berlin ◽  
Rhonda N. Rahn ◽  
Jody L. Vogelzang ◽  
Gayle Walter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Review Board ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Human Participants

The institutional review board (IRB) process is often protracted and can be a source of frustration, especially when you want your research and publications to move apace. However, because of historical events, the IRB is an important requirement for conducting research with human participants and is regulated by federal oversite. When conducting research as part of a pedagogical study, it is important to identify which level of IRB review (exempt, expedited, or full board) is required. The purpose of this article is to highlight IRB basics within the United States for pedagogy research. Although there are guidelines internationally, this article specifically focuses on U.S. IRBs, including a brief history of the IRB, pedagogical and community-based participatory research, IRB review, tips for IRB submissions, and example case studies.

Leadership in Community-Based Participatory Research: Individual to Collective

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Maria Mayan ◽  
Sanchia Lo ◽  
Merin Oleschuk ◽  
Anna Paucholo ◽  
Daley Laing
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Collaborative Process ◽  
Formation Stage ◽  
The Impact

 Multi-sector collaborative partnerships hold much promise in tackling seemingly intractable and complex social issues. However, they often encounter many challenges in achieving their goals. Leadership can play an important role in reducing the impact of factors that threaten a multi-sector partnership’s success. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships are collaborative and, in many cases, multi-sectored. While there is a developing literature and practice on multi-sector, collaborative partnerships, leadership in CBPR is relatively unexplored, especially at various partnership stages (i.e., formation, implementation, maintenance, and accomplishment of goal). Through the method of focused ethnography, we explored the research question “How is leadership exercised during the formation stage of a CBPR partnership?” Eighteen partners (government, community, and university sectors) were interviewed about the leadership during the formation stage of their partnership, and data were qualitatively content-analyzed. Partners explained that leadership was exercised during the formation stage through (1) individual characteristics, (2) actions, and (3) as a collective. Our findings illustrate that CBPR leadership shares many of the characteristics of traditional leadership and adapts them to support the collaborative process of CBPR, leading to a collective form of leadership. These findings have implications for the study and practice of CBPR leadership.

scholarly journals Needs and readiness assessments: Tools for promoting community-university engagement with Aboriginal communities

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fay Fletcher ◽  
Alicia Hibbert ◽  
Fiona Robertson ◽  
Jodie Asselin
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
University Partnerships ◽  
Program Content ◽  
Important Means ◽  
University Engagement

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an important means of connecting the perspectives of community members with critical social issues, such as health and wellness. As beneficial as CBPR can be, effective engagement with community members remains a difficult goal to achieve. In this article, we draw on the international literature around needs and readiness assessments to explore their potential for establishing solid foundations for engaged research. We examine the stages and dimensions identified in the literature, and use these as a framework for a needs and readiness assessment project undertaken with a Métis Settlement community in Alberta, Canada. We share how the needs and readiness assessments helped to foster the emergence of community priorities, informing the next steps in research design, program content and evaluation methods, and heightening community-university engagement. It is our hope that our example of engagement, which focuses on the role of needs and readiness assessments in strengthening community-university partnerships, will better inform engagement approaches so that they become relevant, culturally appropriate and community specific. Keywords: Métis, Aboriginal, community-based participatory research, needs assessment, readiness assessment, community-university partnership

scholarly journals Situating Vulnerability in Research: Implications for Researcher Transformation and Methodological Innovation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Arditti
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Methodological Innovation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Risk Research ◽  
Research Populations ◽  
Conducting Research

In this paper, I broaden definitions pertaining to vulnerable participants and elaborate on issues in conducting research with justice-involved individuals and their families. I explore how special human subjects protections may inadvertently silence participants and further marginalize them, along with the social inequality that characterizes “at risk” research populations. Finally, I discuss how vulnerability can invite researcher transformation and methodological innovation and highlight the value of researcher reflexivity, community based participatory research and mixed methods approaches.

Finding a place for my research to belong: experiences of early-career social work participatory action researchers in neoliberal academia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Kramer ◽  
Darren Cosgrove ◽  
Sarah Mountz ◽  
Eunwoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Us

Social workers face complex challenges that demand practice-engaged research and research-engaged practice. Participatory action research and community-based participatory research span the boundaries that often exist between the research and practice communities. Some social workers argue the values underpinning participatory action research and community-based participatory research align with the values of the profession; however, such methodologies are not widely represented in social work research in the US. This article presents the findings of a study examining the lived experiences of 15 early-career scholars, mostly based in the US, who were pursuing participatory action research and community-based participatory research. The neoliberalisation of the academy pervaded their experiences, presenting significant barriers to their ability to pursue action-oriented methodologies. Review of the international participatory action research literature also suggests the US may contrast with other regions in the world like Asia and Latin America, where participatory action research is more robust. Recommendations to better develop participatory action research social work literature are offered.

scholarly journals Unraveling Ethics: Reflections from a Community-based Participatory Research Project with Youth

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Walsh ◽  
Jennifer Hewson ◽  
Michael Shier
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Social Work Research

There is limited literature describing the ethical dilemmas that arise when conducting community-based participatory research. The following provides a case example of ethical dilemmas that developed during a multi-method community-based participatory action research project with youth in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Several ethical dilemmas emerged during the course of the study related to the community in which the research was being undertaken, the recruitment of participants, and the overall research process. As important are possible harm s that may arise when the researcher is no longer involved. These ethical dilemmas and potential solutions are discussed in relation to social work research and community-based practice to raise awareness about the essential role of community in informing ethical research practices.

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