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Compiled by Lynn Lavallee,
Philippa Campsie and David Hulchanski, August 2003
1. Full Text
Articles and Reports on the Internet
Participatory Action
Research: Getting the Job Done
Definition of participatory action research (PAR)
and a proposed working framework for those interested in undertaking PAR,
by Kaye Seymour-Rolls & Ian Hughes, University of Sidney in the Action
Research Electronic Reader, edited by Ian Hughes.
http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/arow/ Participatory Approaches to Research on Poverty
This Joseph Rowntree Foundation study, by Fran Bennett with Moraene Roberts,
gives an overview of 'participatory' approaches to research and inquiry into
poverty in the UK.
For a PDF of the study click here
Action
Research Electronic Reader
A variety of information from the
history of action research to specific instructions on
conducting participatory action research
Edited by Ian Hughes, University of Sidney
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arr/arow/default.html
Participatory
Action Research (PAR)
History
Philosophical grounding of PAR
Methodological guidelines
Kimberley-Anne Ford, National Defence, Canada, December 2001
http://www.dnd.ca/qol/engraph/par_e.asp
You want to do an action
research thesis?
Beginner’s guide to the
literature and describes how to conduct and report action
research
Bob Dick, Action Learning Action Research and Process Management Association,
Southern Cross University, Australia
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/art/arthesis.html
Interested in Participatory
Evaluation?
Outlines the characteristics of participatory action
research, so that interested investigators can determine if their project
fits the criteria
Rebecca S Hagey, University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, a guest editorial
in Chronic Diseases in Canada, Vol. 18, No.1, 1997.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/cdic-mcc/18-1/a_e.html
The Use and Abuse of
Participatory Action Research
Outlines the characteristics of participatory action
research, so that interested investigators can determine if their project
fits the criteria
Rebecca S Hagey, University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, a guest editorial
in Chronic Diseases in Canada, Vol. 18, No.1, 1997.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/cdic-mcc/18-1/a_e.html
Responsible Research
with Communities:
Participatory Research in Primary Care
Describes the process of creating collaborative research
projects that include all parties: academics, physicians, community members,
government agencies and other relevant players Policy statement of the North
American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) November, 1998.
http://www.napcrg.org/exec.html
Community-Based Public
Health Research Principles
Principles to consider when conducting community-based
research
From the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Centre
http://www.sph.umich.edu/urc/research/
A Guide to Process
Evaluation in Community-Based Research - Journey To Heart
Health
Practical information to help you through your research
British Columbia (BC) Heart Health – A partnership of the University of
Victoria, BC Ministry of Health Planning, Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC,
and Healthy Heart Society
http://www.heart-health.org/resources/hpromo/level2/journey2.html
Action Research – A
Guide to Reading
Provides a history of action research
From Infed.org – Information Education
http://www.infed.org/research/b-actres.htm
Youth Involvement in
Evaluation and Research
Why and how to involve youth in
research
Publication from Harvard University, Karen Horsch et al., Harvard Family Research
Project, Feb 2002
website
2. Websites
Youth-Centred Participatory
Action Research
Provides useful information about
youth-centred research, as well as several articles on
the topic.
http://www.freechild.org/PAR/
The Detroit Community-Academic
Urban Research Center (URC)
A University-Community collaboration
http://www.sph.umich.edu/urc/
PARnet - Participatory Action Research
Network
Based at Cornell University, PARnet
serves an international group of students, faculty, and
other practitioners who share a commitment to promoting
high standards of intellectual and social integrity in
doing social research for social change.
http://www.parnet.org/
Action Research at Queen's University
This site includes a range of materials from Action
Research activities in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University.
http://educ.queensu.ca/~ar/
Cornell Participatory Action Research
Network
Open network of Cornell students,
faculty, research and extension staff and community practitioners
that seeks to develop, apply and promote/support the
practice of participatory action research
http://www.cardi.cornell.edu/affiliates/cparn.cfm
Participatory Research and Community
Development
Community Development Society,
University of Kentucky
http://comm-dev.org/partres.htm
The Loka Institute
A non-profit research and advocacy
organization concerned with the social, political, and
environmental repercussions of research, science and
technology. Information from the 2003 Community Research
Network Conference.
http://www.loka.org
The Clary Meuser Research Network
Independent Publisher of Research
and Educational Resources – Has specific information
on community research.
http://www.mapcruzin.com/community-research/
3. Funding for Community-Based
and
Participatory Action Research
Social Science and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC), Community-University Research Alliances
(CURA)
Funding opportunities through CURA, a special SSHRC
initiative for community-university partnerships
http://www.sshrc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/cura_e.asp
The Community Based Collaboratives
Research Consortium (CBCRC)
A network of researchers, mediators and facilitators,
government agencies, community and environmental groups
Provides grants to fund research.
http://www.cbcrc.org/
4. Links to Links
on Community-Based
Participatory Research
Web Links to Participatory Action
Research Sites
A large number of links provided
by the Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology,
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana.
http://www.goshen.edu/soan/soan96p.htm
Participatory Research Links
By Dr. Bunyan Bryant, School of
Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbryant/participatory.html
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