Integrating systems science and community-based participatory research to achieve health equity

L. Frerichs, K.H. Lich, G. Dave and G. Corbie-Smith

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 2, 215-222

Abstract: Unanswered questions about racial and socioeconomic health disparities may be addressed using community-based participatory research and systems science. Community-based participatory research is an orientation to research that prioritizes developing capacity, improving trust, and translating knowledge to action. Systems science provides research methods to study dynamic and interrelated forces that shape health disparities. Community-based participatory research and systems science are complementary, but their integration requires more research. We discuss paradigmatic, socioecological, capacity-building, colearning, and translational synergies that help advance progress toward health equity.

Keywords: capacity building; health disparity; health equity; language; participatory research; trust; cooperation; human; social class; system analysis, Community-Based Participatory Research; Cooperative Behavior; Health Equity; Humans; Social Class; Systems Analysis; Systems Integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302944

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