Assignment:
Instructions:
You will apply your new knowledge of research design to refine the research question in a way the reflects community values and concerns. Unit activities include integration of a logic model that reflects action research design.
Objectives
To successfully complete learning unit, you will be expected to:
Apply community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology.
Develop a CBPR logic model using appropriate measures.
Analyze the objectives and research design in a CBPR study.
Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
The work:
-Read the first three chapters in Community-Based Participatory Research.
-Additionally, the 2011 article by Gonzalez et al., "Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California," [S166.pdf] will be the research journal article that provides the context for your analysis. The Gonzalez et al. article is an example of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that examines and evaluates other community-based participatory research studies.
Pay careful attention to the CBPR study that Gonzalez et al. are undertaking versus those of the other CBPR studies in the article.
Address the following:
Analyze the objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.
What were the primary objectives of the researchers?
Analyze the working relationships with community partners.
What did Gonzalez et al. find when examining the working relationships with community partners?
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the CBPR approach in the Gonzalez et al. study.
What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the challenges and benefits of a CBPR approach?
Analyze the findings of the Gonzalez et al. study with regard to data.
What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the data collection processes of the CBPR approach?
Other Requirements:
Justify your rationale throughout your assignment with information from the Gonzalez et al. article as well as from your textbook readings.
Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
Communicate through writing that applies current APA style and formatting and conforms to all assignment instructions.