Worth the Risk? Muddled Relationships in Community-Based Participatory Research

• Published in: Qualitative health research Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 69 - 76
• Main Authors: Mayan, Maria J., Daum, Christine H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Academic staff; Alberta; Citizen participation; Community based action research; Community relations; Community-Based Participatory Research - methods; Community-Based Participatory Research - organization & administration; Community-Institutional Relations; Cooperative Behavior; Humans; Inequality; Interprofessional Relations; Participatory research; Partnering; Partnerships; Planners; Policy making; Research Subjects - psychology; Universities; Vignettes; Canada; community members; Canada; partnership; friendship; relationship; community-based participatory research

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative research approach that has two purposes: (a) to generate knowledge about and (b) to take action to improve the lives of people facing health, social, economic, political, and environmental inequities. The foundation of all CBPR project...