Rooting Inquiry in Tradition
The Health Baraza as a Tool for Social Research in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4676150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Violet Naanyu (0000-0003-0182-1719, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya,, corresponding author), John E Sidle (Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA), Richard M Frankel (0000-0003-4132-4506, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA), David Ayuku (0000-0001-7401-1165, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya), Winstone M Nyandiko (Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya), Winstone Nyandiko (0000-0002-7639-9287, Moi University), Thomas S Inui (Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14-26 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732310367498 |
| PMID | 20435788 |
| OpenAlex | W2141717168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 40 |
The baraza is a customary form of community assembly in East Africa. We examined the use of the health baraza as a process that can improve data collection and deepen community understanding of sociocultural issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. In the evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-Academic Model for Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS Partnership (USAID-AMPATH) in Kenya, investigators facilitated mabaraza (the plural of baraza) to gather information of relevance to program success, improvement, and community collaboration. Seven mabaraza were held at local health facilities. Mabaraza rapidly evoked essential information for the USAID-AMPATH program and facilitated vibrant discussion of themes that were of interest to local communities. Mabaraza combined individual and community outlooks, producing emic understanding of the program's meaning to local populations. The baraza assemblage is a promising technique for applied sociology, participatory research, and program evaluation
Community-based participatory research · Emic and etic · General partnership · Participatory action research · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Anthropology · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Triangulating' Ampath
Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health research in sub-Saharan Africa
Reducing Barriers to Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake
Conversations from the field
Enablers and barriers to vaccine uptake and handwashing practices to prevent and control Covid-19 in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
Baraza as method
Mutuality in engaged North–South transnational higher education partnerships
Community Perspectives on Research Consent Involving Vulnerable Children in Western Kenya
Multiple methodologies
The impact of community-based monitoring on public service delivery
Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research
A Pilot Study of “Peer Navigators” to Promote Uptake of HIV Testing, Care and Treatment Among Street-Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya
African centred research approach
Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding children’s rights
The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable children
The Vulnerabilities of Orphaned Children Participating in Research
Professional Development on Digital Literacy and Transformative Teaching in a Low‐Income Country
This is the medicine
We're Still in a Struggle
Reprint of
Qualitative evaluation and research methods
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
The Culture of Politics in Modern Kenya
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Doing Qualitative Research
The Saturated Self
Body Concepts
Developing Theory From Complexity
Crossing Multidisciplinary Divides
The Future of Focus Groups
The Case for Integrating Grounded Theory and Participatory Action Research
The Socioeconomic Impact of the African Market Women Trade in Rural Kenya
Does Health Research Warrant the Modification of Qualitative Methods
Rhetorical Spaces
The emancipatory character of action research, its history and the present state of the art
Personal and intellectual influences leading to Lewin’s paradigm of action research
Overview of Focus Group Research
Walking the Talk
Learning From the Grandmothers
Conducting Focus Groups in Developing Countries
The Role of Action Research in the Investigation and Diffusion of Innovations in Health Care
The "Learning" Component of Participatory Learning and Action in Health Research
How can Action Research Apply to Health Services
Why Things (Sometimes) Go Wrong in Focus Groups
You Have to Make Something of All That Rubbish, Do You? An Empirical Investigation of the Social Process of Qualitative Research
Methodological Issues in Emergent Evaluations of Health Programs
What is participatory research
Tensions in Empowerment
The Traditional Political System of the Embu of Central Kenya
Focus Groups and Ethnography
The Social Contexts of Focus Groups
Retheorizing Empowerment-through-Participation as a Performance in Space
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |