Conducting a participatory community-based survey for a community health intervention on Detroit's east side.
This article describes a participatory action research process that brought together community members, representatives from community-based organizations and service providers, and academic researchers to collect, interpret, and apply community information to address issues related to the health of women and children in a geographically defined urban area. It describes the development and administration of a community-based survey designed to inform an intervention research project; discusses the establishment of a community/research partnership and issues that the partnership confronted in the process of developing and administering the survey; and examines the contributions of participants, and implications for research and collective action.
Schulz
A J
AJ
School of Public Health, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, USA.
Parker
E A
EA
Israel
B A
BA
Becker
A B
AB
Maciak
B J
BJ
Hollis
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006286:Health Planning Councils / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*