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Digital Animation as a Method to Disseminate Research Findings to the Community Using a Community‐Based Participatory Approach
Author(s) -
Vaughn Nicole A.,
Jacoby Sara F.,
Williams Thalia,
Guerra Terry,
Thomas Nicole A.,
Richmond Therese S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-012-9498-6
Subject(s) - dissemination , community based participatory research , participatory action research , general partnership , citizen journalism , information dissemination , health psychology , public relations , sociology , photovoice , product (mathematics) , public health , psychology , computer science , medicine , political science , world wide web , nursing , telecommunications , geometry , mathematics , anthropology , law , economics , economic growth
Community‐based participatory research (CBPR) has garnered increasing interest over the previous two decades as researchers have tackled increasingly complex health problems. In academia, professional presentations and articles are major ways that research is disseminated. However, dissemination of research findings to the people and communities who participated in the research is many times forgotten. In addition, little scholarly literature is focused on creative dissemination of research findings to the community using CBPR methods. We seek to fill this gap in the literature by providing an exemplar of research dissemination and partnership strategies that were used to complete this project. In this paper, we present a novel approach to the dissemination of research findings to our targeted communities through digital animation. We also provide the foundational thinking and specific steps that were taken to select this specific dissemination product development and distribution strategy.