Participatory Health Research: Voices from Around the World

ISBN-13: 9783319921761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 278 str.

Michael T. Wright; Krystyna Kongats

Spis treści

Central Themes

Introduction: Michael Wright

Building Consensus, Celebrating Diversity: The Work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research: Michael Wright

What is Participatory Health Research? Michael Wright, Jane Springett

Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Sarah Banks

Evaluating Participatory Health Research: Nina Wallerstein, John Oetzel, Jane Springett

The Challenges of Reviewing the Participatory Health Research Literature: Jon Salsberg, Janet Harris

Children and Participatory Health Research: Lisa Gibbs

The Role of Participatory Health Research in Training Health Professionals: Irma Brito

Demonstrating Impact in Participatory Health Research: Tina Cook, Jane Springett

The Role of Theory in Participatory Health Research: Sónia Acioli

Regional Perspectives

Participatory Health Research in Portuguese-Speaking Countries: A Review: Irma Brito

PartKommPlus – The German Research Consortium for Healthy Communities: Michael Wright

Participatory Health Research and Post-Colonial Scholarship in Latin America: Francisco Mercado

Participatory Research in Health Care Organizations in North America: A Review: Paula Bush, Jon Salsberg

Participatory Health Research for Planning Work in Sweden: Margareta Rämgård

Participatory Health Research for Improving Healthcare in the Netherlands: Tineke Abma

A History of Participatory Health Research in North America: A Look Back From Where We Are Today: Jon Salsberg

Participatory Health Research in the UK and Ireland: Jane Springett, Siobhán O'Higgins

O autorze

Michael T. Wright, PhD, LICSW, MS, is a professor for Research Methods at Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Wright also is co-founder and coordinator of both the German Network for Participatory Health Research and the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. He has served as associate editor of the International Journal of Public Health.

Krystyna Kongats, MPH, is a PhD candidate in Health Promotion at the School of Public Health, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Her primary experience, skills, and interests lie in participatory and creative approaches to research, health promotion, and end of life care. She is also a consortium member of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research.

Blurb

This groundbreaking resource explores core issues in participatory health research (PHR) and traces its global emergence as a force for improving health and well-being, health care services and quality of life. The PHR approach is defined as including community members, health practitioners and decision-makers as co-researchers, using local knowledge to reduce disparities in care, advocate for responsive health policy, and accelerate positive change in society as a whole. The book’s first half surveys themes essential to the development of the field, including evaluating PHR projects, training professionals in conducting PHR, and the ambitious work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. International perspectives showcase the varied roles of PHR in addressing urgent local health problems in their specific public health and sociocultural contexts.

 

Among the topics covered:

 

• Demonstrating impact in participatory health research
  
• Reviewing the effectiveness of participatory health research: challenges and        possible   solutions
  
• Kids in Action—participatory health research with children
  
• Participatory health research: an Indian perspective
  
• Participatory health research in Latin America: scientific production on chronic diseases
  
• Participatory health research in North America: from community engagement to evidence-informed practice               
  

 

Participatory Health Research benefits those teaching and learning about participatory health research at institutions of higher education and in community settings, addressing diverse fields including health promotion and disease prevention, medicine and public health, quality of life, social work and community development.