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Short Reports - Special Collection: Primary Care Research Methods
African primary care research: Participatory action research
Submitted: 30 August 2013 | Published: 05 March 2014
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Bob Mash, Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, South AfricaAbstract
This article is part of the series on African primary care research and focuses on participatory action research. The article gives an overview of the emancipatory-critical research paradigm, the key characteristics and different types of participatory action research. Following this it describes in detail the methodological issues involved in professional participatory action research and running a cooperative inquiry group. The article is intended to help students with writing their research proposal.
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