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Participatory Action Research in Health Care

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ISBN: 978-1-405-17295-0

February 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

192 pages

Description
Participatory Action Research in Healthcare provides a guide to participatory action research in the community health setting. It draws upon the authors’ experiences working, researching and engaging with people utilising collaborative, participatory approaches. The authors position participatory action research as a vital, dynamic and relevant approach that can be engaged by practitioners and health service providers. It is argued that participating with people is the way to move forward toward sustainable services that evoke human flourishing.


Participatory Action Research in Healthcare explores the key issues surrounding participatory action research, and examines the benefits of this approach for community development and health promotion. It includes detailed guidelines on data generation and analysis.

About the Author
Debbie Kralik is Senior Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia and Royal District Nursing Service Research Unit, Adelaide.

Tina Koch is Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia andDirector, Royal District Nursing Service Research Unit, Adelaide

Features
* Examines the ways in which research can inform health-care practice
* Includes guidelines for practitioners on implementing participatory action research
* Includes issues related to different disciplines within the multidisciplinary team
* Explores the benefits for community development and health promotion
* Uses exemplars from practice