Community action and reflective practice in health promotion research |
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Authors: | Boutilier M; Mason R; Rootman I |
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Institution: | North York Community Health Promotion Research Unit, Room 9A, Department of Behavioural Science, McMurrich Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Onatrio Institute for Studies in Education,Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Corresponding author |
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Abstract: | While health promotion practitioners are engaging increasingly in research,
there has been little examination of the practical dilemmas they may face
in negotiating and collaborating with academics and community members in
action research projects. This paper analyses how the practice of health
promotion can interact with action research, and considers issues that
arise for organizationally based health promotion practitioners and
professional researchers. The first section charts types of action research
along three dimensions (power, goals/values, resources). The second section
examines some of the issues and practical dilemmas which arise in
negotiating and researching collaborative projects in community health
promotion. The discussion includes the differing perspectives of:
practitioners (managerial and frontline), community members and academic
researchers. The final section outlines a hybrid model of action research,
developed in our work with community members, organizationally based health
promoters and academy-based researchers. It combines the reflective
practice of practice-based action research with the community participation
and control of participatory research. The model is called community
reflective action research. |
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