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Abstract:

Aim: To evaluate the Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA) participatory research project.

Method: In-depth interviews were conducted with members of the CAAA Steering Committee.

Findings/recommendations: Community partners proved to be crucial to the success of the research and to the implementation of the intervention. Their input helped to tailor the research to be more sensitive, acceptable, locally relevant and beneficial to the participating families.

Benefits to the researchers included:

• publicity and recognition for doing community work
• recognition within their department for doing community based participatory research
• career advancement and recognition for individuals.

The community based organisations who were involved benefited from:

• gaining credibility for the activities they had been working on
• increased knowledge and understanding of asthma
• recognition for their participation at conferences
• their involvement in disseminating information to the community.

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Categories: health
public health
Designing research
Managing research
Undertaking research
Writing up and disseminating
impact on research
impact on researchers
impact of public involvement
journal article
Recruitment

Date Entered: 2009/01/28

Date Edited: 2012/11/20