Cultivating the power of partnerships in feminist participatory action research in women's health

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-335

  Ponic, Pamela ^a   Reid, Colleen ^b   Frisby, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Feminist research; Participatory action research; Power relations; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78149401882     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2010.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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