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Assessment/evaluation. Using participatory action research to build healthy communities

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: The author contends that community-based Participatory Action Research (PAR) is ideally suited for use in Healthy Communities projects. The article begins by defining PAR and its principles and characteristics, then discusses the philosophical and methodological compatibility of PAR and Healthy Communities. After highlighting the challenges of expanding the Healthy Communities accent on participation to include PAR, the article describes the experiences of two Healthy Communities projects in the US that have successfully used PAR.

Source: Public Health Reports

DOI: 10.1093/phr/115.2.191

Author: M. Minkler

Institution: University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Community Health and Development

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1787454189

FWCI: 9.551

Cites: 9

Cited by: 438

Related to: 10