Engaging communities to identify needs and develop solutions: participatory research incorporates community voice in all aspects of health research decision-making

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Summarize principles of participatory research and distinguish between traditional research and participatory research. 2. Describe and understand the benefi ts and value, as well as the challenges, of participatory research for community and for the research process. 3. Describe how participatory research underpins knowledge translation. 4. Appreciate who is community, how community is represented, and the ethical implications surrounding community. 5. Provide examples of how participatory research has been incorporated into various research designs (such as randomized control trials).