• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions. • Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of three key domestic stakeholders: governments, civil society and legislatures. Participatory budgeting cannot be imposed. • The successful execution of...

The authors in this paper describe the process and findings of a participatory action research project between a college of nursing and a for-profit acute healthcare organization as practice environment transformation occurred, grounded in caring theory. The participatory action research process and findings emphasize the importance of the intention to know what matters and the required time, c...

Young women and girls formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups face multiple challenges. Many become pregnant or have children while they are associated and face stigma and marginalization upon reintegration into civilian communities. This article describes a multi-year participatory action research study that took place in twenty communities in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and northern...

All participatory action research (PAR) projects are unique, with a wide range of methodological challenges for participants and researchers. This paper highlights the manner in which methodological challenges and considerations were addressed in a recent school-based PAR project with young Aboriginal women in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Specifically, we outline: (a) potential challenges o...

This article examines the tensions and challenges of a graduate student maneuvering the institutional hierarchies in her journey of participatory action research (PAR). By using a first-person action research framework, the researcher moves back and forth exploring the prose of others, and revealing her reflexive selfinquiry of underlying assumptions and beliefs. Iterations of insider-outsider ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document the process the Auraria Library went through to plan research methods to produce information for their learning commons project. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an overview and the results of one library’s planning methods using user-centered and participatory action research (PAR) principles. It includes a literature review an...

KAIRARANGA – VOLUME 9, SPECIAL EDITION: 2008 ABSTRACT A significant challenge for all participants in the autism spectrum disorder participatory action research (ASD PAR) project, including the Ministry of Education, the local project teams (LPT) and mentors, was the lack of availability of a single ethics approval process for the project in its entirety and, in particular, one that could accom...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite the widespread acknowledgement of the importance of childhood oral health, little progress has been made in preventing early childhood caries. Limited information exists regarding specific daily-life and community-related factors that impede optimal oral hygiene, diet, care, and ultimately oral health for children. We sought to understand what parents of young ...

Ethical Ambiguities in Participatory Action Research With Unauthorized Migrants Kalina Brabeck, M. Brinton Lykes, Erin Sibley & Prachi Kene a Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership & School Psychology Rhode Island College, Center for Human Rights and International Justice Boston College b Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology Department, Center for Human Rights and Inte...