Department of Medicine, University of Limerick, Ireland
Research
Moving from Theory to Practice: Exploring Power and Power Sharing in Participatory Health Research Partnerships: A Scoping Review Protocol
Author(s): Nino Burduladze*, Laundette P. Jones, Brian D. Jones, Uchizi Msowoya, Jon Salsberg, Anna Whitney and Meghan Gilfoyle
Participatory Health Research (PHR) as a research paradigm guides the research process and strives to achieve positive change in society in the interest of people’s health. In this scoping review, PHR will be used as an umbrella term considering a wide range of collaborative research approaches in the health context. PHR is conducted ‘with’ or ‘by’ those it intends to benefit, as opposed to ‘on’ and ‘for’ them. Their involvement throughout the research process seeks to shift power and decision-making from where they traditionally lay within academia toward community, patient and public end-users. Research cannot be truly participatory without concurrently addressing power dynamics within the partnership and power imbalances in decision making. Therefore, power sharing can be defined as a major factor in building effective academic-.. View More»
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