School of Nursing, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., HSC 2J36, Hamilton, ON, L8S 3Z5, Canada.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Apr;15(2):341-9. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9622-6.
With increasing recognition of the importance of knowledge exchange between researchers and research stakeholders, community member involvement remains poorly accessed. A promising community-based research methodology for knowledge exchange is participatory action research (PAR). This review examines opportunities and challenges associated with using PAR to examine issues related to community health, specifically that of immigrant women. The literature search included published and grey literature relevant to immigrant women and PAR. PAR actively engages community members of the study population throughout the research process. The involvement of immigrant women in research that explores issues pertinent to their health is essential to conducting relevant research to subsequently inform policies and programs. There are numerous advantages to using a PAR approach, including enhanced research relevance and utilization; notwithstanding, there are challenges to overcome in order to engage community based immigrant women in research. Ultimately, policies that have contextual grounding through PAR have better likelihood of effectively addressing priority issues for immigrant women.
随着人们越来越认识到研究人员和研究利益攸关方之间知识交流的重要性，社区成员的参与仍然难以实现。参与式行动研究（PAR）是一种用于知识交流的很有前途的基于社区的研究方法。本综述考察了使用 PAR 来研究与社区健康相关的问题（特别是移民妇女）的机会和挑战。文献检索包括与移民妇女和 PAR 相关的已发表和灰色文献。PAR 在整个研究过程中积极让研究人群中的社区成员参与进来。让移民妇女参与研究那些与她们的健康相关的问题，对于开展相关研究以随后为政策和方案提供信息至关重要。使用 PAR 方法有许多优点，包括提高研究的相关性和实用性；尽管如此，在让基于社区的移民妇女参与研究方面仍有挑战需要克服。最终，通过 PAR 获得背景依据的政策更有可能有效地解决移民妇女的优先问题。
