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Is the first book on the market with this focus, uniquely offering an overview of issues in participatory health research from an international perspective
Provides in one place a good overview of current issues in the theory and practice of participatory health research
Is a project of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Central Themes
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Regional Perspectives
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About this book
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, healthcare 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.
Keywords
- participatory health research (PHR)
- community-based participatory research (CBPR)
- participatory action research
- practitioner research
- International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research
- user involvement in research
- international perspectives
- The German Research Consortium for Healthy Communities
- health care organizations
- healthcare quality and improvement
- ethics
- international collaboration
- research evaluation
- literature review
- health professional training
- theory
- children and participatory health research
- participatory approaches to health research
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Social Health, Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Michael T. Wright
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School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Krystyna Kongats
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Participatory Health Research
Book Subtitle: Voices from Around the World
Editors: Michael T. Wright, Krystyna Kongats
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92177-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92176-1Published: 20 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06378-8Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92177-8Published: 10 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 278
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour