Scientific rigor and community participation in health promotion research
Are they compatible?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22945487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth R Allison (0000-0001-5931-3915, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Irving Rootman (University of Toronto) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 333-340 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/11.4.333 |
| OpenAlex | W2127800636 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 7 |
An important challenge for those conducting health promotion research is to reconcile the competing demands of scientific rigor and community participation. To develop further the theoretical and empirical basis for health promotion, research needs to be scientifically rigorous in every aspect of conceptualization, design, implementation, analysis and interpretation. Another widely held perspective in health promotion research is that it should be based on widespread community participation in various stages of the process. These two compelling forces are competing to the extent that they create questions about control of the research questions, methods used and relevance. The nature of this dilemma is discussed in this paper, along with an example of how one community-based research unit is dealing with these issues
Conceptualization · Dilemma · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Health promotion · Interpretation (philosophy) · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Public relations · Relevance (law) · Rigour · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Engineering · Health Policy Implementation Science · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |