Peer research in health and social development : international perspectives on participatory research / edited by Stephen Bell, Peter Aggleton, Ally Gibson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aggleton, Peter, editor.

Gibson, Ally, editor.

Bell, Stephen (Social researcher), editor.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

Routledge studies in research methods for health and social welfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research--Methodology.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

Peer research is increasingly used in international academic, policy and practice environments. It engages members of a group or social network as trusted members of a research team working in communities and settings they are familiar with.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of figure

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Section I Critical perspectives on peer research

Chapter 1 Peer research in health and social development: Understandings, strengths and limitations

Chapter 2 From the researched to the researcher: Decolonising research praxis in Papua New Guinea

Chapter 3 Principled tensions when working with peer researchers: Community-based participatory research with five Pacific Islander communities in Southern California

Chapter 4 The limits of peer research? Reflecting on analytic challenges during health and social development programme research in Rwanda, Nepal, Ecuador and Uganda

Section II Working with hard to reach participants

Chapter 5 People with dementia as peer researchers: Understanding possibilities and challenges

Chapter 6 Gender diverse equality and well-being in Manipur, North East India: Reflections on peer-led research

Chapter 7 Co-constructing knowledge about the well-being outcomes of unaccompanied migrant children becoming 'adult'

Chapter 8 Participation and power: Engaging peer researchers in preventing gender-based violence in the Peruvian Amazon

Section III Understanding diverse issues

Chapter 9 Participatory visual research exploring gender and water in Cameroon: A workshop model

Chapter 10 'I am the bridge': Peer research with women with disabilities in the Philippines and Australia

Chapter 11 Reflecting on the role of peer researchers in collaborative Indigenous food security research in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada

Section IV Ethical considerations.

Chapter 12 Socio-ethical considerations in peer research with newly arrived migrant and refugee young people in Denmark: Reflections from a peer researcher

Chapter 13 The ethical dilemmas of working safely with community researchers: Lessons from community-based research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities

Chapter 14 Blurred lines: Treading the path between 'research' and 'social intervention' with peer researchers and participants in a study about youth health in South Africa

Section V Influencing policy and practice

Chapter 15 Farmer-led change: Addressing environmental and health problems caused by widespread pesticide use in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras

Chapter 16 Using empowering methods to research empowerment? Peer research by girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Chapter 17 Lessons learned from Australian case studies of sex workers engaged in academic research about sex worker health, well-being and structural impediments

Chapter 18 The lasting impact of peer research with Indigenous communities of Guyana, South America

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-38052-1

OCLC:

1244628808