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Co-production of a pictorial recovery tool for people with psycho-social disability informed by a participatory action research approach—a qualitative study set in Indiahttps://academic.oup.com/heapro/article-abstract/35/3/486/5490647?redirectedFrom=fulltextMathias K; Pillai P; Gaitonde R; Shelly K; Jain S,2019Set in Dehradun district, North India, this study aimed to describe first, the process of co-production of a visual tool to support recovery for people affected by psycho-social disability; second, the key outputs developed and third, critical reflection on the process and outputs. Findings underline the important contribution of an EBE group demonstrating their skills. This study generated knowledge flow from bottom-to-top and proposes that the grass-root experiences of participants in a disadvantaged environment are needed for meaningful social and health policy responses. |
2019 |
Elements for harnessing participatory action research to strengthen health managers’ capacity: a critical interpretative synthesishttps://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-018-0306-0Tetui M; Zulu JM; Hurtig A-K; Ekirapa-Kiracho E; Kiwanuka SN; Coe A-B,2018This a review of the elements for harassing PAR to to strengthen health managers' capacity. A critical interpretive synthesis method was used to interrogate eight selected articles. These articles reported the use of PAR to strengthen health managers’ capacity. The findings demonstrated the intricate and complex relations between the elements, which further affirms the need for a systems thinking approach to tackling health systems challenges. |
2018 |
EQUINET Diss 117: Pathways to urban health equity: Report of multi-method research in east and southern Africahttps://www.equinetafrica.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/EQ%20Diss%20117%20%20UHsynth2018.pdfLoewenson R; Masotya M; Harare and Lusaka youth; TARSC, CFHD, LDHO,2018In 2016-2018, Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC) in the Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) explored the social distribution of health in urban areas and the opportunities for and practices promoting urban health and well-being. It focused on youth 15-24 years of age as an important group for both current and future well-being. Over two years evidence was subjected to cycles of participatory review, discussion, validation and outreach by young people from diverse urban settings and socio-economic groups in Harare and Lusaka. |
2018 |
Participatory approaches to strengthening district health managers' capacity: Ugandan and global experienceshttp://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1200482&dswid=6321Tetui M ,2018This a PhD thesis undertaken at Umea University in Sweden. The thesis details participatory approaches of strengthening district health managers capacity. |
2018 |
Photovoice and empowerment: evaluating the transformative potential of a participatory action research projecthttps://tinyurl.com/yax7jfa6Budig K; Diez J; Conde P; et al: BMC Public Health 18(432), doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5335-7,2018This study explored the individual experiences of the female individuals who participated in a previous Photovoice project in a low-income area of Madrid, Spain in 2016. Positive changes were found in the three dimensions: 1) participants acquired new knowledge and critical awareness; 2) the social recognition participants received transformed their self-perception; and 3) the project allowed them to expand their social networks and to build new links with different actors. |
2018 |
A participatory action research approach to strengthening health managers’ capacity at district level in Eastern Ugandahttps://health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12961-017-0273-xTetui M; Coe A-B; Hurtig A-K; Bennett S;. Kiwanuka SN; George A; Ekirapa-Kiracho E,2017This an original research publication about the use of PAR to strengthen Health managers capacity in Uganda. This was a qualitative study that used open-ended key informant interviews, combined with review of meeting minutes. The findings indicate that the participatory action research approach enhanced health managers’ capacity to collaborate with others, be creative, attain goals and review progress. The participatory approach to implementation created opportunities to strengthen health managers’ capacity. |
2017 |
Community-based participatory research in a heavily researched inner city neighbourhood: perspectives of people who use drugs on their experiences as peer researchershttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438752/pdf/nihms847533.pdfDamon W, Callon C, Wiebe L, Small W, Kerr T, McNeil R,2017Community based participatory research (CBPR) has become an increasingly common approach to research. The study, conducted in Vancouver, employed a CBPR approach in its study design, recruitment, interviewing, and analysis. CBPR can empower communities to contest forms of social stigma that are often reproduced through academic research on marginalized communities. findings describe how the benefits of CBPR are maximized when CBPR principles are consistently applied and when community based researchers are supported in ways that reduce hierarchies of power. Capacity building is needed. |
2017 |
Experiences of using a participatory action research approach to strengthen district local capacity in Eastern Ugandahttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/16549716.2017.1346038Tetui M; Coe AB; Hurtig AK; Ekirapa EK; Kiwanuka SN,2017The paper describes how local stakeholders and researchers used of PAR to strengthen local district level capacity to implement and sustain an intervention. The study was undertaken in three rural districts in Eastern Uganda as part of a larger project which aimed at improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes using a more sustainable approach. |
2017 |
Initiating a participatory action research process in the Agincourt health and socio–demographic surveillance sitehttp://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201701/jogh-07-010413.pdfO Wariri, L D'Ambruoso, R Twine, S Ngobeni, M van der Merwe, B Spies, K Kahn, S Tollman, RG Wagner, P Byass,2017This work reported on initiating a participatory action research (PAR) process in the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) in Mpumalanga province, rural northeast South Africa. The researchers initiated a PAR process to gain local knowledge and prioritize actions. The process was acceptable to those involved, and there was willingness and commitment to continue. The study provided a basis from which to gain support to develop fuller forms of participatory research in this setting. The next steps are to build deeper involvement of participants in the process. |
2017 |
Introducing visual participatory methods to develop local knowledge on HIV in rural South Africahttp://gh.bmj.com/content/2/3/e000231Brooks C; D’Ambruoso L; Kazimierczak K; Ngobeni S; Twine R; Tollman S; Kahn K; Byass P,2017This study aimed to gain insights into the perspectives of rural communities in South Africa on HIV-related mortality. A participatory action research (PAR) process was used, including photovoice, to elicit and organise local knowledge on HIV/AIDS-related mortality and to identify priorities for action. The study concluded that initiating PAR inclusive of visual methods can build shared understandings of disease burdens in social and health systems contexts. |
2017 |
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