Using Participatory Action Research To Build Healthy Communities

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Minkler, M
• Description:
  The author contends that community-based Participatory Action Research (PAR) is ideally suited for use in Healthy Communities projects. The article begins by defining PAR and its principles and characteristics, then discusses the philosophical and methodological compatibility of PAR and Healthy Communities. After highlighting the challenges of expanding the Healthy Communities accent on participation to include PAR, the article describes the experiences of two Healthy Communities projects in the US that have successfully used PAR.
• Subjects:
  Community Health Planning Community Participation Cooperative Behavior Health Care Coalitions Health Promotion Humans Organizational Case Studies
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 115(2-3):191-197
• Pubmed ID:
  10968753
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  115
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1cf6e06bc1b068a3269feab6eff6f2c5dac650275d97a53c21d5d26f4685a722
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/64876/cdc_64876_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]