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Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Engaging Immigrant Women in Participatory Action Research

Abstract  

With increasing recognition of the importance of knowledge exchange between researchers and research stakeholders, community
member involvement remains poorly accessed. A promising community-based research methodology for knowledge exchange is participatory
action research (PAR). This review examines opportunities and challenges associated with using PAR to examine issues related
to community health, specifically that of immigrant women. The literature search included published and grey literature relevant
to immigrant women and PAR. PAR actively engages community members of the study population throughout the research process.
The involvement of immigrant women in research that explores issues pertinent to their health is essential to conducting relevant
research to subsequently inform policies and programs. There are numerous advantages to using a PAR approach, including enhanced
research relevance and utilization; notwithstanding, there are challenges to overcome in order to engage community based immigrant
women in research. Ultimately, policies that have contextual grounding through PAR have better likelihood of effectively addressing
priority issues for immigrant women.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-9
  • DOI 10.1007/s10903-012-9622-6
  • Authors
    • Rebecca Ganann, School of Nursing, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., HSC 2J36, Hamilton, ON L8S 3Z5, Canada
    • Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
    • Online ISSN 1557-1920
    • Print ISSN 1557-1912
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 04/14/2012 | Link to this post on IFP |
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