Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health

Written for students, practitioners, researchers, and community members, the book provides a comprehensive presentation of innovative partnership structures and processes, and covers the broad spectrum of methods needed to conduct CBPR in the widest range of research areas―including social determinants of health, health inequities, health promotion, community interventions, disease management, health services, and environmental health. The contributors examine effective methods used within the context of a CBPR approach including survey questionnaire, in-depth interview, focus group interview, ethnography, exposure assessment, and geographic information system mapping. In addition, each chapter describes a case study of the application of the method using a CBPR approach. The book also contains examples of concrete tools and measurement instruments that may be adapted by others involved in CBPR efforts.

Eugenia Eng, DrPH, MPH, is professor, department of health behavior at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Amy J. Schulz, PhD, MPH, is professor, department of health behavior and health education, at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan.

Edith Parker, DrPH, MPH, is professor and chair, department of community and behavioral health at the College of Public Health, University of Iowa.