Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Participatory Medicine
Date Submitted: Mar 1, 2022
Date Accepted: Aug 14, 2022
Enhancing Health Equity Through Participatory Research Within Peer-Driven Care Settings
ABSTRACT
In recent years, health policy and research communities have adapted and rethought the traditional approaches to health equity. The reevaluation has the potential to drive critical improvements in how we conduct research. It ultimately can play a role in reducing health and healthcare disparities in the US. Moving this research equity agenda forward fully requires providers and researchers to fully embrace participatory engagement with the communities they serve, in both the conduct of research and in the development of participatory care environments for that research. The combination of Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) methods within a setting of participatory care delivery presents unique strategies for long-term commitments to health equity through consumer empowerment in public health settings. This piece discusses CBPAR research methods and how they can advance equity-focused research to meaningfully impact the lives of consumers by incorporating their priorities into research, optimizing research methods, and building the skills, practices, and insights they develop from CBPAR to empower them in their care settings and beyond.
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