Reciprocity: An ethic for community-based participatory action research

Action Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-325

  Maiter, Sarah ^a   Simich, Laura ^b   Jacobson, Nora ^b   Wise, Julie ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Centre for Research and Education in Human Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

community mental health; community based participatory research; immigrant mental health; multiculturalism; reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849123768     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307083720     Document Type: Article

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