Community Based Participatory Research: Embracing Praxis for Transformation

Wallerstein, Nina; Belone, Lorenda; Rossing, Peter; Dickson, Elizabeth; Gibbs, Lisa; Parajon, Laura; Rämgård, Margareta; Sheikhattari, Payam; Silver, Gillian B.

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“…These results were also in line with previous studies assessing CBPR interventions, especially those targeting behavioral change in different populations, where sustainability was related to equitable partnership established between the community members, academicians, and other stakeholders, as well as their collective actions focusing on knowledge transfer and knowledge mobilization (47,(67)(68)(69). As suggested by Wallerstein and colleagues (22,70), the sustainability of the CBPR intervention presented in this study was owing to the fact that the PA intervention was not only built on the needs of the community but also that the citizens were involved in the development of the intervention, including defining the goals for evaluating it. Furthermore, within the larger programme in which the current study was a part, the community members defined their problems and identified themes for promoting health, and only after this phase (described within the larger program as step 2), the other stakeholders were involved together with the citizens in the planning process.…”

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Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden

Ramji

Carlson

Kottorp

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundPublic health practitioners have been striving to reduce the social gradient and promote physical activity among citizens living in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected these citizens extensively, has posed a significant challenge to efforts to maintain a physically active lifestyle. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of women from a socially disadvantaged neighborhood.MethodsA total of 34 women participated in a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention previously developed in collaboration with lay health promoters and other citizens from the same neighborhood. Focus group discussions were conducted at four time points, namely, at baseline prior to the intervention, post-intervention, 6 months after the intervention ended, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis following an inductive approach.ResultsIn total, four themes emerged from the discussions: “Wavering between frustration and action,” “Shifting from prioritizing family needs to taking control of self,” “Between isolation and social support,” and “Restricted access to health-related knowledge vs. utilizing internalized knowledge”.ConclusionThe results of this study reveal that building on CBPR-informed health promotion initiatives has the potential to foster individual empowerment and assist during acute situations like the COVID-19 pandemic through mobilizing communities and their resources, which leads to increased community resilience and health. This study is regarded as unique in that it involves evaluation of a CBPR intervention that was initiated ahead of the pandemic and followed even during the pandemic.

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confidence: 91%

Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden

Ramji

Carlson

Kottorp

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“…The Lindängen programme adopted a consistent community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach ( 2 , 3 ) and both structure and content were defined by the community. There was a long process together with the community before activities in the labs could start.…”

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“…From these initial contacts, it appeared that activities in the neighbourhood were not driven by residents, although there had earlier existed a grassroots organisation called Street Power (gatukraft). Knowledge about health promotion and perceived needs was lacking, and residents expressed a mistrust in the health care system ( 3 , 13 ). However, residents also expressed a sense of belonging and “place identity” [see Rämgård ( 15 )].…”

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“…This comprised a local neighbourhood HUB, a steering committee with partners external to the neighbourhood, as well as processes to ensure coordination, evaluation and further development. Representatives from the dialogue groups formed in the future workshops took action together with the local partners and conducted CBPR planning using Wallerstein's model ( 3 ), suggesting roles for the partnership and CBPR interventions. Participants further decided to organise six co-creative health-promoting labs on the different themes identified in the workshops and to recruit LHPs from the neighbourhood.…”

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“…This article focuses on the role of lay health promoters (LHPs) in the Lindängen initiative, a community-based participatory and challenge-driven research programme in a low-income neighbourhood in the outskirts of Malmö, southern Sweden. The initiative aimed to support equitable health and develop an innovative model for community health promotion, drawing on the ethos of the Jakarta Declaration and using Wallerstein's Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach ( 2 , 3 ). The LHPs in Lindängen were recruited in the neighbourhood and came to play a key role in mobilising the inhabitants and in developing the collaborative structures of the community health promotion.…”

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Lay Health Promoters Empower Neighbourhoods-Results From a Community-Based Research Programme in Southern Sweden

Rämgård

Avery

2022

Front. Public Health

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This article focuses on the role of lay health promoters in the Lindängen initiative, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) programme for health promotion that started 2016 in a low-income neighbourhood in the outskirts of Malmö, southern Sweden. The programme aimed to support equitable health and develop an innovative model for community health promotion. The purpose of this article is to describe the role of the lay health promoters in the initiative and discuss the challenges of their position mediating between residents of the neighbourhood and the established institutions, using interviews, meeting notes and focus groups sessions with the health promoters and local stakeholders. Lay health promoters' role and function developed in a collaborative process of networking with local stakeholders and citizens in local meeting places. Their work was based on their credibility in their role, in combination with the use of a CBPR model that was open to innovation, with a strong focus on actively engaging members of the community. This allowed the lay health promoters to take political and social stances towards various issues, and to start to concretely address the social determinants of health in the community, as well as express recommendations to policymakers. Based on these experiences, the lay health promoters gained clearer insights into the institutional and structural conditions that impact their community. The position they had in the process of the programme resulted in empowerment and a new local association for health promotion; LindängenKraft (LindängenPower) driven by the health promotors and community members.

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Training and Participatory Research in Health Promotion Courses: Reflections and Contributions for Knowledge and Experiences

Nunes

Mendes

Santos

et al. 2022

International Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Health Promotion

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Community Based Participatory Research: Embracing Praxis for Transformation

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Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden

Impact of a CBPR-informed physical activity intervention before and during COVID-19 among women from a disadvantaged neighborhood in Sweden

Lay Health Promoters Empower Neighbourhoods-Results From a Community-Based Research Programme in Southern Sweden

Training and Participatory Research in Health Promotion Courses: Reflections and Contributions for Knowledge and Experiences

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