African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (Mar 2014)

African primary care research: Participatory action research

  • Bob Mash

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.585
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. e1 – e5

Abstract

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This article is part of the series on African primary care research and focuses on participatory action research. The article gives an overview of the emancipatory-critical research paradigm, the key characteristics and different types of participatory action research. Following this it describes in detail the methodological issues involved in professional participatory action research and running a cooperative inquiry group. The article is intended to help students with writing their research proposal.

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