Community based participatory research for health / edited by Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein ; foreword by Budd Hall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Minkler, Meredith.

Wallerstein, Nina, 1953-

Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research--Citizen participation.

Public health.

Public health--Research--Methodology.

Community health services.

Community Participation.

Public health--Research.

United States.

Health Services Research--methods.

Community Health Planning.

Medical Subjects:

Community Participation.

United States.

Health Services Research--methods.

Community Health Planning.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 490 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Community-based participatory research for health

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2003]

Summary:

Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together, in one important volume, a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. "Community Based Participatory Research for Health" contains information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. The book also contains a helpful appendix of tools, guides, checklists, sample protocols, and much more.

Contents:

The conceptual, historical, and practice roots of community based participatory research and related participatory traditions / Nina Wallerstein and Bonnie Duran

Critical issues in developing and following community based participatory research principles / Barbara A. Israel ... [et al.]

The dance of race and privilege in community based participatory research / Vivian Chavez ... [et al.]

Are academics irrelevant? : approaches and roles for scholars in community based participatory research / Randy Stoecker

Community/researcher partnerships : perspectives from the field / Marianne Sullivan ... [et al.]

Community-driven asset identification and issue selection / Meredith Minkler and Trevor Hancock

Using internet-based tools to build capacity for community based participatory research and other efforts to promote community health and development / Steven B. Fawcett ... [et al.]

Using photovoice as a participatory assessment and issue selection tool : a case study with the homeless in Ann Arbor / Caroline C. Wang

Issues and choice points for improving the quality of action research / Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason

Methodological and ethical considerations in community-driven environmental justice research : two case studies from rural North Carolina / Stephanie Farquhar and Steve Wing

Ethical challenges in community based participatory research : a case study from the San Francisco Bay area disability community / Pamela Fadem ... [et al.]

Issues in participatory evaluation / Jane Springett

Engaging women in community based participatory research for health : the East Side Village health worker partnership / Amy J. Schultz ... [et al.]

Community based participatory research with Cambodian girls in Long Beach, California : a case study / Ann Cheatham and Eveline Shen

Community based participatory research with a hidden population : the transgender community health project / Kristen Clements-Nolle and Ari Bachrach

Influencing policy through community based participatory research / Makani Themba and Meredith Minkler

Advocating policies to promote community reintegration of drug users leaving jail : a case study of first steps in a policy change campaign guided by community based participatory research / Juliana van Olphen ... [et al.]

Participatory action research with hotel room cleaners : from collaborative study to the bargaining table / Pam Tau Lee, Niklas Krause and C. Goetchius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

ISBN:

0787964573

OCLC:

49943017