Collaborative research partnerships with disadvantaged communities: Challenges and potential solutions

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 758-770

  El Ansari, Walid ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community based research; Participatory evaluation; Partnerships; South Africa

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEAMWORK;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLITICS; POVERTY AREAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 22544461604     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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