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221.725.98
Community-Based Participatory Research With Indigenous Peoples

Location
Barcelona, Spain
Term
Summer Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:30am - 2:20pm
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Next Offered
2025 - 2026
Prerequisite

Experience living and working in indigenous settings

Description
Focuses on teaching the principles and methods of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in the context of addressing the root causes of disease and injury in Indigenous communities. Challenges students to use a CBPR framework to deepen their understanding and application of social determinants of health, such as spirituality, indigenity, resource alienation and colonization that are unique to indigenous communities. Develops skills in CBPR approaches and methods for conducting field research related to social determinants. Prepares students to conceptualize, design, understand, and implement CBPR projects in indigenous populations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Define and describe community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches and methods, and particularly in relation to working in Indigenous population contexts, and how CBPR differs from other research approaches
  2. Identify opportunities for developing and sustaining effective CBPR partnerships in Indigenous communities
  3. Develop a draft research proposal that addresses a priority health issue in an Indigenous community that will best be addressed through a CBPR approach and includes: background/rationale for research; a research question; research objectives; methodology
Special Comments

Students who take 221.725.81 should not take 410.631.01 or 410.841.111 because of content overlap. First offering of the course will focus on recruiting Indigenous peoples from the United States.