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Research and Markets: Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes Contains a Helpful Appendix of Tools, Guides, Checklists and Sample Protocols



2008-12-01 19:57:02 -

Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5c0f66/communitybased_pa) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes, 2nd Edition" to their offering.
Minkler and Wallerstein have pulled together a fantastic set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field. In addition to a fine collection of case studies, this book puts the key issues for researchers and practitioners in a historical, philosophical, and applied, practical context.
Community Based Participatory Research for Health (Second Edition) presents a complete and practical overview of the theory and application of community based participatory research in public health, which the Institute of Medicine has declared an essential public health competency. Included is information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. The book also contains a helpful appendix of tools, guides, checklists, sample protocols, and much more. New to this edition are chapters on predicting outcomes, ethical practices, use of the web, impact of CBPR on research methods, and applications for environmental justice and power mapping. Each chapter will include bolded key terms and questions for discussion. Additional practice tools have been added to the appendix and will be framed in terms of possible classroom assignments Contributors include key experts in CBPR, including Barbara Israel, Bob Aronson, Bonnie Duran , C.James Frankish, Caroline C. Wang , Geni Eng, Helen Halpin, Jane Springett , Jason Coburn, Kristen Clements-Nolle , Lawrence W. Green, Makani N. Themba, Meredith Minkler, Nicholas Freudenberg, Nina Wallerstein , Randy Stoecker, Sarena Seifer, Shawna Mercer, Stephanie Ann Farquhar, Trevor Hancock, and Vivian Chavez.
Key Topics Covered:
- Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.
- The Editors.
- The Contributors.
- Acknowledgments.
- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.
- PART TWO: POWER, TRUST, AND DIALOGUE: WORKING WITH DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.
- PART THREE: SELECTING ISSUES AND EVALUATING OUTCOMES WITH COMMUNITIES.
- PART FOUR: METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.
- PART FIVE: USING COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH TO PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE AND HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY.
- PART SIX: NEXT STEPS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.
- Twenty-One: What Predicts Outcomes in Community-Based Participatory Research (Nina Wallerstein, John Oetzel, Bonnie Duran, Greg Tafoya, Lorenda Belone, and Rebecca Rae).
- Study Background.
- Literature Search.
- Assessing Dimensions of Participation and Partnership.
- Final Model Relationships Between Dimensions.
- Measurement Issues.
- Summary and Implications for Future Research.
- Questions for Discussion.
- Key Terms.
- Appendix A: A Protocol for Community-Based Research (Leland Brown and William A. Vega).
- Appendix B: Federal Funding and Support for Participatory Research in Public Health and Health Care (Shawna L. Mercer and Lawrence W. Green).
- Appendix C: Reliability-Tested Guidelines for Assessing Participatory Research Projects (Shawna L. Mercer, Lawrence W. Green, Margaret Cargo, Margaret A. Potter, Mark Daniel, R. Scott Olds, and Erika Reed-Gross).
- Appendix D: Using the Community Tool Box Online Documentation System to Support Participatory Evaluation of Community Health Initiatives (Stephen Fawcett and Jerry Schultz).
- Appendix E: Making the Best Case for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure Review (Sarena D. Seifer).
- Appendix F: Community Partnership Through a Nursing Lens (Jennifer Averill).
- Appendix G: Ethical Review of Community-Based Participatory Research: Considerations for Institutional Review Boards (Sarah Flicker, Robb Travers, Adrian Guta, Sean McDonald, and Aileen Meagher).
- Appendix H: Research Policies, Processes, and Protocol: The Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board (Beverly Becenti-Pigman, Kalvin White, Bea Bowman, Nancy "Lynn" Palmanteer-Holder, and Bonnie Duran).
- Appendix I: Undoing Racism Training as a Foundation for Team Building in CBPR (Robert E. Aronson, Michael A. Yonas, Nora Jones, Nettie Coad, and Eugenia Eng).
- Appendix J: Risk Mapping as a Tool for Community-Based Participatory Research and Organizing (Marianne P. Brown).
- Appendix K: Using CBPR to Promote Policy Change: Exercises and Online Resources (Cassandra Ritas, Meredith Minkler, Angela Ni, and Helen Ann Halpin).
- Appendix L: Selected Centers and Other Resources for Participatory Research in North America (Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein, Angela Ni, and Rosanna Tran).
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