New Book: Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health

Posted by on July 8, 2005

[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv]

Thanks for sharing your article and for mentioning the new book coming out. The book, Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, is co-edited by Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, Eugenia Eng, DrPH, Amy J. Schultz, PhD and Edith A. Parker, DrPH and is being published by Jossey-Bass Publishers this June. Below is a description from the publisher’s website.

Through a partnership between Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and Jossey-Bass Publishers, you can order any book that they publish at a 15% discount. For details, please visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/josseybass.html

Written by distinguished experts in the field, this book shows how researchers, practitioners, and community partners can work together to establish and maintain equitable partnerships using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to increase knowledge and improve health and well-being of the communities involved. CBPR is a collaborative approach to research that draws on the full range of research designs, including case study, etiologic, longitudinal, experimental, and nonexperimental designs. CBPR data collection and analysis methods involve both quantitative and qualitative approaches. What distinguishes CBPR from other approaches to research is the active engagement of all partners in the process. This book provides a comprehensive and thorough presentation of CBPR study designs, specific data collection and analysis methods, and innovative partnership structures and process methods. This book informs students, practitioners, researchers, and community members about methods and applications needed to conduct CBPR in the widest range of research areasincluding social determinants of health, health disparities, health promotion, community interventions, disease management, health services, and environmental health.