“…As researchers across the social sciences dissect the ethical and moral implications of various approaches to fieldwork (de Laine, 2000; Zeni, 2001), participatory approaches have arisen that support collaborative decisions throughout the research process and resonate with participant values and perspectives (Anyaegbunam, Hoover, & Schwartz, 2010; Beltran, 1993; Brown, Howes, Hussein, Longley, & Swindell, 2002; Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998). While addressing ethical concerns and empowering non-academic participants, these approaches also provide vital ways of identifying real-world barriers and benefits for interventions (Graybill et al, 2010), addressing land-use and natural resource challenges (Ormsbee & Hoover, 2014; Smucker, Campbell, Olson, & Wangui, 2007), and optimizing the public health impact of research findings (Vanderpool, Brownson, Mays, Crosby, & Wyatt, 2013).…”