"No research on us, without us."
I have been interested in community research for several years, working within academic and community-based environments on research projects involving the community members they ultimately impact. These projects fuel my passion for the research approach called Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
For me, the best definition of Community Based Participatory Research comes from the Detroit Urban Research Center:
"Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is partnership approach to research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, and academic researchers in all aspects of the research process. It enables all partners to contribute their expertise, with shared responsibility and ownership; it enhances the understanding of a given phenomenon; and, it integrates the knowledge gained with action to improve the health and well-being of community members, such as through interventions and policy change."
It can be simply summed up as "No research on us, without us."
Reach out to me if your organization is considering a research project that involves the community it intends to impact and visit Past Projects to see some of the community research projects I have been involved in over my career.
Anne-Marie E. Fischer, BA (Hons), M.Ed., blends her passion for the written word with her vocation to create a better world through effective communications, education, and Community Based Research (CBR).
Words for Impact is the culmination of Anne-Marie’s passions, talents, training, experience, and education. This unique company offers grant and proposal writing, research studies, research reports, impact reports, content development, brand development, communications consulting, biography/autobiography (ghost)writing, education and training materials, curriculum development, podcast script writing, journalistic articles, press releases, developmental editing, in-line editing, and fact-checking.
Words for Impact has a specific interest in serving nonprofits, not-for-profits, community organizations, Indigenous organizations, highly-regulated sectors, individuals & entrepreneurs, podcast hosts, and innovative industries.
Learn more about Words for Impact’s services here and past Impact Projects that Anne-Marie has been involved in here. Dedicated to helping you find the right words for the things that matter.