Citation

Ghanbarpour S, Palotai A, Kim ME, Aguilar A, Flores J, Hodson A, Holcomb T, Jimenez M, Kaur M, Pusey O, Rosales A, Schlater W, Shim H. J. Fam. Violence 2018; 33(8): 521-535.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-018-9987-y

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This case study discusses the Survivor-Centered Advocacy (SCA) Project, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) project that convened anti-violence advocates from culturally specific communities to design and implement research. The project used a unique approach to build grassroots research capacity and center survivors of intimate partner violence from historically marginalized communities. This approach coalesced into the creation of an exploratory Community-Led Research (CLR) framework that incorporated trauma-informed, research justice and language justice principles. The CLR framework responded to community members' desire to lead, rather than simply participate in, the research process. As a result, five studies were designed and executed by practitioners turned community-based researchers, most of whom had never before engaged in research, except as subjects. The CLR framework integrated the skills and experiences of community-based and external researchers, and led to high levels of engagement, rich data, more equitable research processes and innovative research projects.

Language: en

Keywords

Community-based participatory research; Community-led research; Culturally responsive; Culturally specific; Domestic violence; Family violence; Intimate partner violence; Language justice; Research justice; Survivor-centered advocacy