Community capacity as an "Inside Job": Evolution of perceived ownership within a university-aboriginal community partnership

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Cargo, Margaret D ^a,b   Delormier, Treena ^d,e   Lévesque, Lucie ^f   McComber, Alex M ^d   Macaulay, Ann C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QC   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic researchers; Capacity building; Community based participatory research; Health focus: Type 2 diabetes prevention; Health promotion; Indians; North American; Outcome measure: Perceived ownership; Prevention research. Manuscript format: Applied research brief; Research purpose: Process evaluation; Self determination; Setting: Community; Strategy: Culture change; Study design: Quantitative (trend analysis); Target population age: Adults partnering in community based participatory research; Target population circumstances: Aboriginal populations

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUEBEC; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84857419584     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.091229-ARB-403     Document Type: Article

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