Doing Community–Based Research – Perspectives from the Field Halseth Markey

Doing Community-Based ResearchPerspectives from the Field\nAuthor(s): Greg Halseth, Sean Markey, Laura Ryser, Don Manson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773547285, 978-0773547285\nSynopsis\nCommunity-based research (CBR) offers useful insights into the challenges associated with conducting research and ensuring that it generates both excellent scholarship and positive impacts in the communities where the research takes place. This depends on two important variables: the capacity of CBR to generate good information, and the extent to which CBR is understood and constructed as a two-way relationship that includes a set of responsibilities for both researchers and communities. Offering expert advice on the crucial relationship between communities and researchers, the authors outline the main stages of the CBR process to guide researchers and practitioners. They discuss the reasons for conducti.