Community Based Participatory Research for Health by Meredith Minkler

Community Based Participatory Research for Health by Meredith Minkler

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Summary

Many of the complex health and social problems that occur, such as HIV/AIDS, homelessness, environmental racism and violence, are ill-suited to traditional research approaches. Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is community driven research. This book explains how to design and implement CBPR.

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Community Based Participatory Research for Health by Meredith Minkler

Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together, in one important volume, a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. "Community Based Participatory Research for Health" contains 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.
This book is excellent for generating creative ideas for community development and researchIt is well written and it includes in valuable references... (Doody's Book Review Service, 5/7/2004)
Meredith Minkler is professor of Health and Social Behavior in the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, and assistant to the vice chancellor for National and Community Service. Nina Wallerstein is professor and director of the Masters in Public Health Program at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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ISBN 13 9780787964573
ISBN 10 0787964573
Title Community Based Participatory Research for Health
Author Meredith Minkler
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published 2002-11-18
Number of pages 512
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.