Dialogue to deliberation: expanding the empowerment education model.
OBJECTIVE
To explore the importance of a theoretical framework, the Empowerment education model (EEM), that can be used in participatory research. A deliberative project in one community in eastern Kentucky exemplifies the use of the EEM in participatory research.


METHODS
Research techniques include surveys, focus groups, community forums, and photovoice.


RESULTS
This project presents preliminary evidence that participatory projects might benefit if the dialogue phase of the EEM is followed by a deliberative phase.


CONCLUSIONS
The theoretical underpinnings of the EEM could be expanded to include dialogue and deliberation in participatory efforts.
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, USA. laura.m.hall@usm.edu
Laura H
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Downey
Chike
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Anyaegbunam
F Douglas
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Scutchfield
D000328:Adult; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000191:economics; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006266:Health Education / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008875:Middle Aged; D017145:Models, Educational; D011209:Power, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult