Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being

Chapter 1. Making the Case: The Arguments for Participatory Research.- Chapter 2. Framing: The Search for a Lens of Understanding.- Chapter 3. Getting Started: The Initiation of a Partnership.- Chapter 4. Shaping: The Co-creation of a Research Design.- Chapter 5. Organizing: Making Plans Together.- Chapter 6. Acting for Change: The Generation of Transformative Action.- Chapter 7. Engaging: The Choice and Use of Participatory Methods.- Chapter 8. Sense Making: The Process of Data Analysis and Interpretation.- Chapter 9. Telling and Showing: The Shared Decisions About Dissemination.- Chapter 10. Capturing and Reflecting for Change: The Generation of Impact.- Chapter 11. Continuing the Journey: The Quest for Sustainable Partnerships.- Chapter 12. Epilogue: Bringing the Threads Together.

Prof. dr. T.A. Abma is Full Professor 'Participation & Diversity' and Co-Head of the department of Medical Humanities at the VU University medical center and research leader in the Amsterdam Public Health institute, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Formerly she was an Endowed Chair in the field of 'Client participation in Elderly care.' In 2013 she received an ASPASIA laureate from the Dutch Council for Scientific Research (NWO). Her work is grounded in the interactive and responsive evaluation and empirical ethics. She has been involved in long-term projects in the field of psychiatry, elderly and chronic care, and her work has been awarded for its high societal impact. Abma is author/editor of a number of books, including Evaluation and Narrative (JAI Press, 1999) and Evaluation for a Caring Society (IAP Press, 2018).

Prof. dr. Sarah Banks is Professor of Applied Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology and Co-director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, Durham University, UK. She teaches and researches in the fields of professional ethics, community development and community-based participatory research. She has been involved in developing guidelines and case materials on ethics in participatory research, and is author/editor of a number of books on professional ethics, youth work and community development, including Critical Community Practice (2007, The Policy Press); and Managing Community Practice (2nd edn, 2013, The Policy Press).

Prof. dr. Tina Cook is Professor of Education at Liverpool Hope University. At the core of her work is a focus on inclusive practice in research and evaluation. She teaches research approaches to students and community partners and has published on methodological issues in participatory research and its impact. She is an Executive Committee Member of the ICPHR, an Editor of the International Journal of Educational Action Research and a founder member of the UK Participatory Research Network. Her own

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