Ethical Challenges for the “Outside” Researcher in Community-Based Participatory Research

作者：Meredith Minkler · 发表于：Health Education & Behavior · 年份：2004 · DOI：10.1177/1090198104269566 · 被引用次数：661 · 研究领域：Community Health and Development、Health Policy Implementation Science、Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Although community-based participatory research (CBPR) shares many of the core values of health education and related fields, the outside researcher embracing this approach to inquiry frequently is confronted with thorny ethical challenges. Following a brief review of the conceptual and historical roots of CBPR, Kelly's ecological principles for community-based research and Jones's three-tiered framework for understanding racism are introduced as useful frameworks for helping explore several key challenges. These are (a) achieving a true "community-driven" agenda; (b) insider-outsider tensions; (c) real and perceived racism; (d) the limitations of "participation"; and (e) issues involving the sharing, ownership, and use of findings for action. Case studies are used in an initial exploration of these topics. Green et al.'s guidelines for appraising CBPR projects then are highlighted as an important tool for helping CBPR partners better address the challenging ethical issues often inherent in this approach.