Community-Based Participatory Research for Health : From Process to Outcomes

by Minkler, Meredith; Wallerstein, Nina

• ISBN13: 9780470260432
• ISBN10: 0470260432
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Minkler and Wallerstein have pulled together a fantastic set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field. In addition to a fine collection of case studies, this book puts the key issues for researchers and practitioners in a historical, philosophical, and applied, practical context

Author Biography

Meredith Minkler, DRPH, is professor and chair of Community Health Education and Health and Social Behavior, Division of Health and Social Behavior, at the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Nina Wallerstein, DRPH, is professor and founding director of the MPH program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Tables

Figures, and Exhibits

The Editors

The Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction To Community-Based Participatory Research

Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research: New Issues and Emphases

The Growing Support for CBPR

Semantics and Core Principles

CBPR and the Fight to Eliminate Health Disparities

Goals of This Book: Continuing Concerns and New Emphases

Organization of This Book.Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

The Theoretical, Historical, and Practice Roots of CBPR and Related Participatory Traditions

Historical Roots

Core Concepts and New Theories

Feminism, Poststructuralism, and Postcolonialism

Paulo Freire and Praxis

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Critical Issues in Developing and Following Community-Based Participatory Research Principles

CBPR Definition and Key Principles.Issues in Developing and Following CBPR Principles

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Bringing Experimental Design to Community-Partnered Participatory Research

Using CPPR as a Framework

The Fit Between Designs and Projects

Experimental Design Lessons from the Building Wellness Pilot

Applying the Lessons: CPIC

The Road Ahead for CPIC

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Power, Trust, And Dialogue: Working With Diverse Communities In Community-Based Participatory Research

The Dance of Race and Privilege in Community-Based Participatory Research

Framework of Oppression and Racism

Translating Culture

White Privilege

Building Alliances Across Differences.Recommendations for Research and Practice

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Are Academics Irrelevant? Approaches and Roles for Scholars in Community-Based Participatory Research

Options for the Academic

Recommendations for the Academic

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Community-Based Participatory Research with Cambodian Girls in Long Beach, California: A Case Study

ACRJ and the HOPE Projects

Setting the Stage for Participatory Research

Identifying Sexual Harassment as an Issue.Researching the Problem

Moving into Action.Khmer Girls in Action: A Youth-Led Organization Is Born

Lessons Learned

Summary

Questions for Discussion

CBPR with a Hidden Population: The Transgender Community Health Project a Decade Later

The Transgender Community and the CBPR Study

Project Impact over Ten Years

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Selecting Issues And Evaluating Outcomes With Communities

Community-Driven Asset Identification and Issue Selection

Core Principles and Considerations

Tools for Identifying Community Resources and Concerns.Issue Selection in CBPR

When Preexisting Goals Constrain Issue Selection

Summary

Questions for Discussion

Key Terms

Using Web-Based Tools to Build Capacity for CBPR: Two Case Studies of American Indian Leadership Development

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