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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a framework to improve social equity by engaging communities as equal partners in research design, conduct, and knowledge creation. While CBPR has seen increasing application in Arctic regions, its use in Greenland has been limited by logistical, linguistic, and historical challenges, including community fatigue from extractive research practices. This manuscript details a CBPR-informed approach used to conduct an exploratory study on fertility, reproductive health, and climate adaptation in the Kalaallit community of Paamiut. The study aimed to understand the socio-environmental factors influencing fertility decisions amid economic and environmental changes. We report on nine strategies used to conduct equitable health and socio-ecological research in Greenland guided by the principles of CBPR. Using CBPR principles improved trust, participant recruitment, and the creation of community-valued research products in Paamiut. While time and funding limitations constrained full implementation of CBPR best practices, this study highlights the potential of CBPR to improve equity in Greenlandic research. Using CBPR principles to guide community-engaged research in Greenland provides a concrete and actionable way for students or early-career researchers to promote equitable relationships despite resource limitations. The methods described can be applied across other research disciplines to continue building trust and sustainability in international research partnerships in Greenland.
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Engaging Communities in Developing Technologies to Support Community Flourishing: A Workshop Report
The Engaging Communities in Developing Technologies to Support Community Flourishing workshop was held in response to the NSF CRISES program call. The workshop explored integrating methods from community-based participatory research (CBPR) and computational social science (CSS) to advance social science research surrounding barriers to community flourishing with a focus on how emerging technologies should be designed and engaged. In this paper, we provide a brief report of the workshop and preliminary outcomes related to a roadmap for integrating CBPR and CSS approaches. We end with a call to the CSSSA community to intentionally move toward incorporating best practices from CBPR where appropriate to advance the value and impact of research on social issues affecting communities.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2334253
- PAR ID:
- 10654782
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date Published:
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 139 to 152
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89692-7_9
