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This page covers community-engaged research resources. Although we have endeavoured to include material covering a wide range of fields and issues, it is not exhaustive; we encourage you to submit any recommendations for inclusion to ciaranmcdonald97@gmail.com or mutsamhende@outlook.com.

Introductory materials

The Co-Production Collective

About us | UCL Grand Challenges

Co-production in research – UKRI 

The long-lasting impact of community engaged research | UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Co-Production Collective

Learning and Resources | Co-Production Collective

Our Co-produced Book Review Is Here! | Co-Production Collective

Videos

The ARISE approach to Community-Based Participatory Research

Co-production and academia-NGO research partnerships in humanitarian settings | LSHTM

Indigenous knowledge meets science to take on climate change | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

Podcasts

Connecting Citizens to Science podcast | LSTM

Podcasts - Community-Engaged Research Initiative - Simon Fraser University

Toolkits

Participatory Approaches: A facilitator's guide

Toolkit for Participatory Health Research Methods

Toolbox for Conducting Community-Engaged Research

Communicating community-engaged research findings

Community Engagement - REDRESS Liberia (see ‘Photovoice Booklets’ section)

Tools and booklets | COUNTDOWN (see ‘Skin Stories in Nigeria’ section)

Journals

  • Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice
  • Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
  • International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education
  • Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
  • Journal of Community Practice
  • Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
  • Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education 
  • Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
  • Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
  • PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement
  • Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
  • Public: A Journal of Imagining America
  • Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

Twitter accounts

  • @GrandChallenges
  • @UCL_CoPro
  • @ARISEHub
  • @NTDCOUNTDOWN
  • @REDRESS_Liberia

Publications

Anderson, E., Solomon, S., Heitman, E., DuBois, J., Fisher, C., Kost, R., Lawless, M., Ramsey, C., et al. (2012). Research Ethics Education for Community-Engaged Research: A Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 7(2), pp. 3- 19. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/jer.2012.7.2.3].

Bénit-Gbaffou, C. (2019). “Exploring the politics of community-engaged research”. In C. Bénit-Gbaffou, S. Charlton, S. Didier and K. Dörmann (eds.). Politics and Community-Based Research. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, pp. 19- 40. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.18772/22019103849.6].

Bishara, A., Al-Azraq, N., Alazzeh, S. and Durant, J. (2021). The multifaceted outcomes of community-engaged water quality management in a Palestinian refugee camp. Environment and Planning: Nature and Space, 4(1), pp. 65- 84. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848620921856].

Brown, M. and Dinecola, C. (2020). Technology and community-engaged research. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 38(1), pp. 3- 21. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2019.1577790].

Cridland-Hughes, S., Brittain, M. and Che, S.M. (2019). “Using Photovoice to Resist Colonial Research Paradigms”. In K. Strunk and L. Locke (eds.). Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 163- 175. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05900-2_14].

Edwards, M. (2014). “Yes, And We Have No Dentists”. In I. Borden, M. Fraser and B. Penner (eds.). Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today. London: Wiley, pp. 193- 196.

Egid, B., Roura, M., Aktar, B., Quach, J., Chumo, I., Dias, S., Hegel, G., Jones, L., et al. (2021). ‘You want to deal with power while riding on power’: global perspectives on power in participatory health research and co-production approaches. BMJ Global Health, 6(11), pp. 1- 15. [DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006978].

Fernández, J.S. (2022). ‘Decolonising Participatory Action Research in Community Psychology’. In S. Kessi, S. Suffla and M. Seedat. (eds.) Decolonial Enactments in Community Psychology. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 29–51. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75201-9_3].

Harding, N. (2020). Co-constructing feminist research: Ensuring meaningful participation while researching the experiences of criminalised women. Methodological Innovations, 13(2), pp. 1- 14. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799120925262].

International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. (2013). Position Paper No. 1: What is Participatory Health Research? [online] Berlin: International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. Available at: http://www.icphr.org/position-papers--discussion-papers/position-paper-no-1 [Accessed 23rd May 2022].

Isler, M. and Corbie-Smith, G. (2012). Practical Steps to Community Engaged Research: From Inputs to Outcomes. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 40(4), pp. 904- 914. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00719.x].

de Leeuw, S. and Hunt, S. (2018). Unsettling decolonizing geographies. Geography Compass, 12(7), pp. 1- 14. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12376].

Liebenberg, L. (2018). Thinking Critically About Photovoice: Achieving Empowerment and Social Change. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 17, pp. 1- 9. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406918757631].

Luger, T., Hamilton, A. and True, G. (2020). Measuring Community-Engaged Research Contexts, Processes, and Outcomes: A Mapping Review. The Milbank Quarterly, 98(2), pp. 493- 553. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12458].

McKenna, S. and Main, D. (2013). The role and influence of key informants in community-engaged research: A critical perspective. Action Research, 11(2), pp. 113- 124. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1476750312473342].

Mikesell, L., Bromley, E. and Khodyakov, D. (2013). Ethical Community-Engaged Research: A Literature Review. American Journal of Public Health, 103(12), pp. 7- 14. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301605].

Minkler, M. (2000). Using Participatory Action Research to Build Healthy Communities. Public Health Reports, 115(2), pp. 191- 197.

Minkler, M and Wallerstein, N. (2008). Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Jossey-Bass.

So Fi Zine, Edition #5 https://sofizine.com/latest-edition/edition-5/.

Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Balcazar, F., Miranda, D., Velazquez, T., Arcidiacono, C. and Garcia-Ramirez, M. (2022). Promoting justice through community-based research: International case studies. American Journal of Community Psychology. [early view]. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12584].

Wallerstein, N., Oetzel, J., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Boursaw, B., Dickson, E., Kastelic, S., Koegel, P., Lucero, J., et al. (2020). Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes. Health Education & Behaviour, 47(3), pp. 380- 390. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198119897075].

Ward, E. and Lortan, D. (2021). Decolonial Dreamers and Dead Elephants. Gateways, 14(2). [DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v14i2.8016].

Welton, A. and Mansfield, K. (2020). More than Just an Academic Exercise: Conjoining Critical Policy Analysis and Community-Engaged Research as an Embodiment of Political Action. Educational Studies, 56(6), pp. 619- 635. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2020.1837834].

Williams, O., Robert, G., Martin, G., Hanna, E. and O’Hara, J. (2020). “Is Co-production Just Really Good PPI? Making Sense of Patient and Public Involvement and Co-production Networks”. In M. Bevir and J. Waring (eds.). Decentring Health and Care Networks: Reshaping the Organization and Delivery of Healthcare. Cham: Springer Nature, pp. 213- 237. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40889-3_10].

Williams, O., Sarre, S., Papoulias, S., Knowles, S., Robert, G., Beresford, P., Rose, D., Carr, S., et al. (2020). Lost in the shadows: reflections on the dark side of co-production. Health Research Policy and Systems, 18(43), pp. 1- 10. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00558-0].

Wilson, E., Kenny, A. and Dickson-Swift, V. (2018). Ethical Challenges in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Scoping Review. Qualitative Health Research, 28(2), pp. 189- 199. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732317690721].

 

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