Assignment Instructions:

You will apply your new knowledge of research design to refine the research question in a way the reflects community values and concerns. Unit activities include integration of a logic model that reflects action research design. 

Objectives

To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:

1. Apply community-based participatory research (CBPR) methodology. 
2. Develop a CBPR logic model using appropriate measures. 
3. Analyze the objectives and research design in a CBPR study. 
4. Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized. 

The work:

-Read the first three chapters in Community-Based Participatory Research. 

-Additionally, the 2011 article by Gonzalez et al., “Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California,” [S166.pdf] will be the research journal article that provides the context for your analysis. The Gonzalez et al. article is an example of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that examines and evaluates other community-based participatory research studies. 

*Pay careful attention to the CBPR study that Gonzalez et al. are undertaking versus those of the other CBPR studies in the article.

In your assignment, address the following:

*Analyze the objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.     

*What were the primary objectives of the researchers?

*Analyze the working relationships with community partners.   

*What did Gonzalez et al. find when examining the working relationships with community partners?

*Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the CBPR approach in the Gonzalez et al. study.     

*What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the challenges and benefits of a CBPR approach?

*Analyze the findings of the Gonzalez et al. study with regard to data.    

*What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the data collection processes of the CBPR approach?

Other Requirements:

*Justify your rationale throughout your assignment with information from the Gonzalez et al. article as well as from your textbook readings.

*Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.

*Communicate through writing that applies current APA style and formatting and conforms to all assignment instructions.