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| Title |
Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from western Kenya in the adaptation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-91 |
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| Authors |
Allan Kamanda, Lonnie Embleton, David Ayuku, Lukoye Atwoli, Peter Gisore, Samuel Ayaya, Rachel Vreeman, Paula Braitstein |
| Abstract |
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach to research that involves the equitable participation of those affected by an issue. As the field of global public health grows, the potential of CBPR to build capacity and to engage communities in identification of problems and development and implementation of solutions in sub-Saharan Africa has yet to be fully tapped. The Orphaned and Separated Children's Assessments Related to their Health and Well-Being (OSCAR) project is a longitudinal cohort of orphaned and non-orphaned children in Kenya. This paper will describe how CBPR approaches and principles can be incorporated and adapted into the study design and methods of a longitudinal epidemiological study in sub-Saharan Africa using this project as an example. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Kenya | 2 | 22% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 1 | 11% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 44% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 44% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 219 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 214 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 55 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 15% |
| Researcher | 30 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 43 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 56 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 23 | 11% |
| Unknown | 50 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 March 2018.
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#4,349,345
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#5,137
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#42,539
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#68
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