Open AccessAssessment/evaluation. Using participatory action research to build healthy communities
Author(s) -
Meredith Minkler
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.202
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-2877
pISSN - 0033-3549
DOI - 10.1093/phr/115.2.191
Subject(s) - participatory action research , community based participatory research , citizen journalism , sociology , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , anthropology , law
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.