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Lessons from a community-based participatory research project
— older people's and researchers' reflections | | Author(s) | Martha Doyle, Virpi Timonen |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 32, no 2, March 2010 |
| Pages | pp 244-263 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com doi:10.1177/0164027509351477 |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Participation ; Research ; Projects ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The ethical and practical importance of actively involving older people in the research process is increasingly articulated in the gerontology literature. This article contributes to the literature by outlining a community-based participatory research project in a Dublin suburb that centred on the design and administration of a questionnaire exploring older people's use and perceptions of community services. The authors discuss both older adults' and the researchers' views of the participatory process. The key lessons and challenges that emerged from the research are analysed using the nine principles of community-based participatory research outlined by B Israel et al (2003). The authors question whether older people in all instances seek extensive involvement in all aspects of participatory projects. A number of questions are raised that require further analysis before a robust and viable understanding of participatory research that safeguards against the tokenistic involvement of older people can be developed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100913205 A |
| Classmark | RH: TMB: 3A: 3E: 763 |
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