TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the benefits of participatory research
T2 - A rationale for a realist review
AU - Macaulay, Ann C.
AU - Jagosh, Justin
AU - Seller, Robbyn
AU - Henderson, Jim
AU - Cargo, Margaret
AU - Greenhalgh, Trisha
AU - Wong, Geoff
AU - Salsberg, Jon
AU - Green, Lawrence W.
AU - Herbert, Carol P.
AU - Pluye, Pierre
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Participatory research (PR) experts believe that increased community and stakeholder participation in research augments program pertinence, quality, outcome, sustainability, uptake, and transferability. There is, however, a dearth of assessments and measurement tools to demonstrate the contribution of participation in health research and interventions. One systematic review of PR, conducted for the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), provided no conclusive evidence concerning the benefits of community participation to enhance research and health outcomes. To overcome methodological gaps and barriers of the AHRQ review, we propose to conduct a systematic realist review, which can be understood as a theory-driven qualitative review capable of capturing the often complex, diffuse and obtuse evidence concerning participation. Reviewing how PR mechanisms and contextual factors mediate and moderate outcomes, the review will generate and test hypotheses (middle-range theories) conceptualizing the benefits of participation and will portray the manner and circumstances in which participation influences outcomes.
AB - Participatory research (PR) experts believe that increased community and stakeholder participation in research augments program pertinence, quality, outcome, sustainability, uptake, and transferability. There is, however, a dearth of assessments and measurement tools to demonstrate the contribution of participation in health research and interventions. One systematic review of PR, conducted for the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), provided no conclusive evidence concerning the benefits of community participation to enhance research and health outcomes. To overcome methodological gaps and barriers of the AHRQ review, we propose to conduct a systematic realist review, which can be understood as a theory-driven qualitative review capable of capturing the often complex, diffuse and obtuse evidence concerning participation. Reviewing how PR mechanisms and contextual factors mediate and moderate outcomes, the review will generate and test hypotheses (middle-range theories) conceptualizing the benefits of participation and will portray the manner and circumstances in which participation influences outcomes.
KW - Barriers to participatory research
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Integrative approach
KW - Participatory research
KW - Realist review
KW - Research design
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051714905&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1757975910383936
DO - 10.1177/1757975910383936
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051714905
SN - 1757-9759
VL - 18
SP - 45
EP - 48
JO - Global Health Promotion
JF - Global Health Promotion
IS - 2
ER -
