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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Lawrence W Green, PhD, PHPPO, Extramural Prevention Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K56, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-488-8474, Lgreen@cdc.gov
Much of the case for community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been argued and won on the grounds that people want to have some say, if not control, in the research that is carried out on them as subjects, or in their communities, to be assured that the research questions are relevant to their needs, the research methods appropriate to their culture and circumstances, and the findings interpreted in ways that are sensitive and productive of action to redress their needs. The Urban Research Centers and others have demonstrated that this type of participatory research is feasible and useful. Most of them would not argue that all research must be participatory in this way, nor would they deny that some CBPR has been less efficient than it might have been if done in alternative ways. Granting the values underlying principles of CBPR, can guidelines help strike a better balance of community participant and science-driven input at various phases of the research process. This review of guidelines will challenge some doctrinaire views of CBPR that all partners must be involved equally in every phase of the research process. It will suggest a more representative rather than fully participatory form of CBPR, and a push even further upstream from the people coping with the problems to engage some of the people controlling resources that could help solve the problems.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.