title: Harnessing the power of community-based participatory research: examining knowledge, action, and consciousness in the PROUD study.
abstract: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach to research that recognizes the specific knowledge and abilities that individuals from diverse backgrounds bring to the generation of new knowledge for the purpose of social action aimed at improving public health and health equity. In this article, the authors apply Gaventa and Cornwall's dimensions of participatory research to the analysis of 12 semistructured interviews with members of our Community Advisory Committee for the Participatory Research in Ottawa: Understanding Drugs (PROUD) study. This process-to-outcomes framework may help projects more systematically explore their experiences in relation to common CBPR principles and lead to greater conceptual clarity.
authors.affiliation: a Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa , Canada.
authors.forename: Daina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Zack
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: Tarah
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heighton
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Preater
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyndall
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009864:Ontario; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011634:Public Health; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Community-based participatory research; action; consciousness; evaluation; knowledge