Usando a pesquisa participativa baseada na comunidade para abordar as disparidades de saúde

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Abstract

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has emerged in the past decades as an alternative research paradigm, which integrates education and social action to improve health and reduce health disparities. More than a set of research methods, CBPR is an orientation to research that focuses on relationships between academic and community partners, with principles of colearning, mutual benefit, and long-term commitment and incorporates community theories, participation, and practices into the research efforts. As CBPR matures, tensions have become recognized that challenge the mutuality of the research relationship, including issues of power, privilege, participation, community consent, racial and/or ethnic discrimination, and the role of research in social change. This article focuses on these challenges as a dynamic and ever-changing context of the researcher–community relationship, provides examples of these paradoxes from work in tribal communities, discusses the evidence that CBPR reduces disparities, and recommends transforming the culture of academia to strengthen collaborative research relationships.

Keywords: community-based participatory research; power and privilege; racial and ethnic health disparities.

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Author Biographies

Nina B. Wallerstein, University of New Mexico - UNM

DrPH. University of New Mexico: Albuquerque, New Mexico, US. E-mail: NWallerstein@salud.unm.edu

Bonnie Duran, University of Washington - UW

DrPH. University of Washington, Renton, United States. E-mail:bonduran@uw.edu

Nilza Rogéria de Andrade Nunes, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio

Assistente Social. Doutora em Serviço Social (PUC-Rio). Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Serviço Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ). Endereço: R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225 - Gávea, Rio de Janeiro – RJ. CEP: 22451-900. E-mail: n.rogerianunes@gmail.com

Published

2023-08-24

How to Cite

Wallerstein, N. B. ., Duran, B. ., & Nunes, N. R. de A. . (2023). Usando a pesquisa participativa baseada na comunidade para abordar as disparidades de saúde. Revista Eletrônica Mutações, 16(26), 6–34. Retrieved from //periodicos.ufam.edu.br/index.php/relem/article/view/13178

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