These seminars cover variable topics related to faculty and student analysis of critical and emerging issues in research methods for social work policy and practice. These topics may include research strategies, designs, techniques, and skills needed to develop knowledge of human services or research methods relevant to: the advancement of knowledge about practice interventions, the organization of service delivery, and social welfare policies; evaluation of practice, programs, and policies; the formulation and development of innovative practice interventions, service delivery systems, and social welfare policies.
Community residents, community-based and community serving organizations and scholars are increasingly collaborating in efforts to eliminate social, health and other disparities and improve community wellbeing. This interdisciplinary seminar focuses on one aspect of this collaboration: community-based participatory research (CBPR). CBPR begins with issues of importance to the community and has the aim of “combining knowledge with action and achieving social change…” (W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program). All partners share, develop and contribute expertise and responsibility for assuring successful project planning, implementation and evaluation; disseminating research results; and working to sustain successful project outcomes in the community.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
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Define and describe the theoretical bases and core principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) for planning, developing, implementing, evaluating, disseminating results and sustaining successful outcomes of research projects aimed at understanding and addressing social and health issues and disparities.
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Contrast how social science research methods (both quantitative and qualitative) are used in CBPR compared to more traditional research approaches. Examples may include surveys, focus groups, randomized clinical trials, in-depth interviews and others.
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Identify, analyze and discuss how CBPR principles and processes influence, and are influenced by scientific, ethical, multicultural, and social justice issues, including power dynamics, resource availability and allocation, interpersonal and organizational conflict, and the needs and expectations of academic, community-based, community serving and funding organizations and community residents.
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Identify the purpose, and analyze the challenges and strengths of, CBPR approaches to, developing and maintaining partnerships among academic, community-based and community-serving organizations and community residents. Partner roles, communication and capacity building as they apply to development, implementation and evaluation of basic research and program and policy interventions will be emphasized.
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Develop and present a CBPR proposal applicable to a specific community.
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