Putting Communities First: The Power of Community-based Action Research for Health and Wellbeing

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Added on 20th Jun 2006

The complexity of many of our health and social problems often makes them poorly suited to traditional outside-expert-driven research and the often disappointing interventions it has spawned. And community members are calling us on this, and pointing up a gigantic disconnect between academic research and the real concerns of citizens.

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