TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of community-based research
T2 - Assessing partnership approaches to improve public health
AU - Israel, Barbara A.
AU - Schulz, Amy J.
AU - Parker, Edith A.
AU - Becker, Adam B.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Community-based research in public health focuses on social, structural, and physical environmental inequities through active involvement of community members, organizational representatives, nd researchers in all aspects of the research process. Partners contribute their expertise to enhance understanding of a given phenomenon and to integrate the knowledge gained with action to benefit the community involved. This review provides a synthesis of key principles of community-based research, examines its place within the context of different scientific paradigms, discusses rationales for its use, and explores major challenges and facilitating factors and their implications for conducting effective community-based research aimed at improving the public's health.
AB - Community-based research in public health focuses on social, structural, and physical environmental inequities through active involvement of community members, organizational representatives, nd researchers in all aspects of the research process. Partners contribute their expertise to enhance understanding of a given phenomenon and to integrate the knowledge gained with action to benefit the community involved. This review provides a synthesis of key principles of community-based research, examines its place within the context of different scientific paradigms, discusses rationales for its use, and explores major challenges and facilitating factors and their implications for conducting effective community-based research aimed at improving the public's health.
KW - Collaborative research
KW - Community-centered research
KW - Participatory action research
KW - Participatory research
KW - Public health partnerships
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.173
DO - 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.173
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9611617
AN - SCOPUS:0031839915
SN - 0163-7525
VL - 19
SP - 173
EP - 202
JO - Annual review of public health
JF - Annual review of public health
ER -