Participatory Health Research

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 Actionparticipatory 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.

  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

  Autorentext

  Michael T. Wright, PhD, LICSW, MS, is a professor for Research Methods at Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Wright also is co-founder and coordinator of both the German Network for Participatory Health Research and the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. He has served as associate editor of the International Journal of Public Health.
  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.

Inhalt

Building Consensus, Celebrating Diversity: The Work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research.- What is Participatory Health Research?.- Ethics in Participatory Health Research.- Evaluating Participatory Health Research.- The Challenges of Reviewing the Participatory Health Research Literature.- Children and Participatory Health Research.- The Role of Participatory Health Research in Training Health Professionals.- Demonstrating Impact in Participatory Health Research.- The Role of Theory in Participatory Health Research.- Participatory Health Research in Portuguese-Speaking Countries: A Review.- PartKommPlus The German Research Consortium for Healthy Communities.- Participatory Health Research and Post-Colonial Scholarship in Latin America.- Participatory Research in Health Care Organizations in North America: A Review.- Participatory Health Research for Planning Work in Sweden.- Participatory Health Research for Improving Healthcare inthe Netherlands.- A History of Participatory Health Research in North America: A Look Back From Where We Are Today.- Participatory Health Research in the UK and Ireland.