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The Intersection of CBPR, Health Disparities, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Author(s) -
Richards Mikhaila,
Yearwood Edilma L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2009.00216.x
Subject(s) - citation , mental health , library science , intersection (aeronautics) , sociology , psychology , computer science , psychiatry , engineering , aerospace engineering
For more than a decade, communities and their academic partners have used community-based participatory action research (CBPR) to build knowledge and support social justice. CBPR has been referred to as a transformative approach to both qualitative and quantitative research that emphasizes co-learning (through which community and academic partners exchange knowledge and expertise), capacity building (in which partners commit to training community members in research processes and other skills), mutual benefit (through which knowledge produced by the research process benefits all partners), and a long-term commitment to eliminating health disparities. By exposing and addressing systemic factors influencing health behavior and tackling issues of concern to stakeholders in the community, CBPR is well suited for bridging gaps in health disparities research and addressing questions of interest to readers of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.