Participatory research maximises community and lay involvement

Medical research needs lay involvement.

Evaluation of a workshop to improve community involvement in community-based participatory research efforts.

1 Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 2 Mid-Delta Community Consortium, West Helena, AR 3 Boys Girls Adults Community Development Center, Marvell, AR 4 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Jackson, MS 5 Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Little Rock, AR 6 Sanders ...

Community-Based Participatory Research: Summary

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach to health and environmental research meant to increase the value of studies for both researchers and the community being studied. This approach is particularly attractive for academics and public health professionals struggling to address the persistent problems of health care disparities in a variety of populations (identified by fac...

social capital and necessity for community based participatory research

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Community-based participatory research in Iran: its challenges and ways to control from the stakeholders view

     According to World Health Organization reports, the root of applied researches problems in developing countries are running the researches based on academic researchers ’ interests as well as decision-making in executive systems based on their managers ’ experiences. The problems will be eliminated by stakeholders ’ participation. In 2001, the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBP...