Community-based Research
In community-based research, community members are at the centre of the process, i.e., they take greater ownership and control over the decisions and activities related to the entire research process
| Community-based research is a collaboration between community groups and researchers for the purpose of creating new knowledge or understanding about a practical community issue in order to bring about change. The issue is generated by the community and community members participate in all aspects of the research process. community-based research therefore is collaborative, participatory, empowering, systematic and transformative
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This type of research methodology encourages community engagement and mobilization, and civic participation, i.e., the participation of people at the grass-roots level in developing policy which is responsive to their needs. It has a long history and is well-accepted as a valid research methodology, particularly in the fields of education, community development and organizational change.
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