Social determinants of health in the Human Services: a conceptual model and road map for action
In: Journal of progressive human services, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 108-126
ISSN: 1540-7616
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In: Journal of progressive human services, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 108-126
ISSN: 1540-7616
In: Social work education, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 462-480
ISSN: 1470-1227
In: Journal of gay & lesbian social services: issues in practice, policy & research, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 203-220
ISSN: 1540-4056
The literature on male-to-female transgender (MTF) individuals lists myriad problems such individuals face in their day-to-day lives, including high rates of HIV/AIDS, addiction to drugs, violence, and lack of health care. These problems are exacerbated for ethnic and racial minority MTFs. Support available from their social networks can help MTFs alleviate these problems. This article explores how minority MTFs, specifically in an urban environment, develop supportive social networks defined by their gender and sexual identities. Using principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), 20 African American and Latina MTFs were recruited at a community-based health care clinic. Their ages ranged from 18 to 53. Data were coded and analyzed following standard procedure for content analysis. The qualitative interviews revealed that participants formed their gender and sexual identities over time, developed gender-focused social networks based in the clinic from which they receive services, and engaged in social capital building and political action. Implications for using CBPR in research with MTFs are discussed.
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In: Global social welfare: research, policy, & practice, Band 1, Heft 3, S. 137-144
ISSN: 2196-8799
In: https://doi.org/10.7916/D80Z8KD4
Objectives International Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is vulnerable to contextual, political, and interpersonal issues that may hamper researchers' abilities to develop and sustain partnerships with local communities. This paper responds to a call for systematizing CBPR practices and to the urgent need for frameworks with potential to facilitate partnership building between researchers and communities in both "developed" and "developing" countries. Methods Using three brief case examples, each from a different context, with different partners and varied research questions, we demonstrate how to apply the International Participatory Research Framework (IPRF). Results IPRF consists of triangulated procedures (steps and actions) that can facilitate known participatory outcomes: (1) community-defined research goals, (2) capacity for further research, and (3) policies and programs grounded in research. Conclusions We show how the application of this model is particularly helpful in the planning and formative phases of CBPR. Other partnerships can use this framework in its entirety or aspects thereof, in different contexts. Further evaluation of how this framework can help other international partnerships, studying myriad diseases and conditions, should be a focus of future international CBPR.
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In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 244-265
ISSN: 2330-314X
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 153, S. 107124
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Social work in public health, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 202-214
ISSN: 1937-190X