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Practical Suggestions for Community Interventions Using Participatory Action Research
Author(s) -
Kelly Patricia J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.22110.x
Subject(s) - participatory action research , bridge (graph theory) , action research , community based participatory research , citizen journalism , work (physics) , psychological intervention , action (physics) , management science , engineering ethics , knowledge management , sociology , nursing , computer science , psychology , medicine , engineering , pedagogy , world wide web , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology
Advanced practice nurses and nurse researchers with experience in clinical settings may encounter challenges in the initial development and implementation of community‐based projects. Participatory action research methodology, a user‐friendly framework for community‐based research activities, provides a way for researchers and community members to work together to define a problem, take action, and evaluate their work. This article attempts to bridge the theory‐implementation gap by describing background steps that researchers can use when conceptualizing and initiating a research project with community partners. Suggestions for initial steps and the planning and review cycles are presented, along with examples from the literature.