Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, 2nd Edition

This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of?Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health?provides a step-by-step approach to the application of participatory approaches to quantitative and qualitative data collection and data analysis.\n\nWith contributions from a distinguished panel of experts, this important volume shows how researchers, practitioners, and community partners can work together to establish and maintain equitable partnerships using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to increase knowledge and improve the health and well-being of the communities involved.Written for students, practitioners, researchers, and community members, the book provides a comprehensive presentation of innovative partnership structures and processes, and covers the broad spectrum of methods needed to conduct CBPR in the widest range of research areas?including social determinants of health, health inequities, health promotion, community interventions, disease management, health services, and environmental health. The contributors examine effective methods used within the context of a CBPR approach including survey questionnaire, in-depth interview, focus group interview, ethnography, exposure assessment, and geographic information system mapping. In addition, each chapter describes a case study of the application of the method using a CBPR approach. The book also contains examples of concrete tools and measurement instruments that may be adapted by others involved in CBPR efforts.Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health 2nd Edition is written by Barbara A. Israel; Eugenia Eng; Amy J. Schulz; Edith A. Parker and published by John Wiley & Sons P&T. ISBNs for Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health are 9781118282120, 1118282124 and the print ISBNs are 9781118021866, 111802186X.