Community-Based Research in India

A Case Example of International and Transdisciplinary Collaboration

Bibliographic Data

ID11054006
AuthorsStephen L Schensul (0000-0002-5870-0849, Center for International Community Health Studies, Department of Community Medicine; University of Connecticut School of Medicine; 263 Farmington Ave. 06030-6325 Farmington CT USA, corresponding author), Bonnie Kaul Nastasi (0000-0001-7388-7712, Walden University), Ravi K Verma (Population Council; New Delhi India), Ravi Verma (0000-0002-9499-5648, Population Council Institute)
Year2006
Volume38
Issue1-2
Pages125-139
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1007/s10464-006-9066-z
PMID16838073
OpenAlexW2034246139
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited44

While there has been a trend toward greater disciplinary collaboration over the last several decades, the emergence of the HIV pandemic has required that disciplines work more closely and creatively to generate the multiple and innovative approaches necessary to meet the demands for effective prevention and treatment. This paper describes the nature of collaborative relationships among U.S. and Indian anthropologists, psychologists, demographers, epidemiologists, physicians and representatives of other fields and sectors in conducting a large scale, multi-year HIV/STD prevention project directed toward married men in urban poor communities in Mumbai (Bombay), India. The project has challenged members of the participating disciplines to develop a transdisciplinary conceptual model, to test the model with community-based formative research and to utilize the results in the development and implementation of a multi-level (community, provider and patient) intervention. The paper describes the interaction among disciplines and international sectors in the conceptualization, methodology and community-based action components of the project. In addition, it examines both the inhibiting and facilitating factors that are a part of the collaborative process. The paper concludes with implications for future transdisciplinary partnerships

Conceptual framework · Conceptualization · Formative assessment · Health psychology · Pedagogy · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health Policy Implementation Science · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Nursing

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