[csaa-forum] Oeztel/'Community-based Participatory Research & Health'/20 Feb, 5pm/USyd

[Gerard Goggin]

The Department of Media & Communications, University of Sydney, presents:

'Community-Based Participatory Research and Health'
A public lecture by Professor John G. Oetzel (Waikato)

Wed 20 February 2013, 5pm-6.30pm
Common Room
John Woolley Building (A20)
University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus

Abstract:
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a collaborative approach that equitably involves partners (typically academic and community partners) in the research process and recognises the unique strengths that each partner brings. CBPR is acknowledged as a promising practice for addressing health inequities and health issues in vulnerable, underserved, and ethnic minority populations, particularly around lifestyle diseases. However, the science of CBPR has lagged behind the implementation of CBPR.

Over the past seven years, Professor Oetzel has been involved with a multidisciplinary research teams across three institutions in the U.S. (National Congress of American Indians, University of New Mexico, and University of Washington) to theorise and study CBPR processes and outcomes. Currently, they are in the beginning of the final year of a four-year project that analyses 200 CBPR projects across the United States and have recently completed data collection. An earlier three-year project resulted in the development of a theoretical logic model of CBPR.

In this presentation, Dr. Oetzel will share preliminary research findings from this large, multi-method study that illustrate the best practices around CBPR. Further, he will also reveal the theoretical model of CBPR to introduce the core components of CBPR and offer recommendations for academics interested in implementing CBPR, particularly around how to build and maintain effective partnerships and engage communities.

About the speaker:
John G. Oetzel (Ph.D., University of Iowa, USA) is a professor in the Department of Management Communication in the Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. He teaches courses in conflict, intercultural communication, health communication, and research methods. His research programme centres on understanding and improving challenging communication among people with different group identities (particularly cultural identities). He uses quantitative survey methods and/or mixed method designs to address three strands: 1) conflict in culturally diverse work groups and organisations, 2) communication in the health care delivery process, and 3) partnerships between community members and academics to address community health. His research collaborations have received nearly $4 million USD funding from state and federal governments in the U.S. and New Zealand to examine communication and health issues around these themes. He is co-author (with Stella Ting-Toomey) of Managing Intercultural Communication Effectively (2001, Sage) and editor (with Stella Ting-Toomey) of The Sage Handbook of Conflict Communication (2006, Sage and 2nd edition in 2013). He is author of Intercultural Communication: A Layered Approach (2009, Pearson). He is also the author of more than 70 articles and book chapters.
Further Information:
Professor Oetzel's talk is presented by the Department of Media and Communications (http://sydney.edu.au/arts/media_communications/). For more information, contact: Dr Olaf Werder (olaf.werder at sydney.edu.au<mailto:olaf.werder at sydney.edu.au>)

Location details for Woolley Building: http://www.facilities.usyd.edu.au/oam/blaccess-r01.cfm

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Gerard Goggin
Professor and Chair
Department of Media and Communications
University of Sydney

Adjunct Professor, Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales

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