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Participatory Action Research in Practice

A Case Study in Addressing Domestic Violence in Nine Cultural Communities

University of Washington

Rupaleem Bhuyan

University of Washington

Kirsten Senturia

University of Washington

Sharyne Shiu-Thornton

University of Washington

Sandy Ciske

Public Health—Seattle and King County

Participatory action research (PAR) is increasingly recognized as a viable approach to developing relationships with communities and working closely with them to address complex public health problems. In the case of domestic violence research, where ensuring the safety of women participants who are battered is paramount, participatory approaches to research that include advocates and women who are battered in research design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination are critical to successful and mutually beneficial projects. This article presents a case study of a PAR project that conducted formative qualitative research on domestic violence in nine ethnic and sexual minority communities. The article describes the specific ways in which a PAR approach was operationalized and discusses in detail how community participation shaped various stages of the research. Furthermore, specific actions that resulted from the research project are reported.

Key Words: domestic violence • community-based participatory action research • immigrant women • intimate partner violence • methods

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 8, 977-995 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505277680


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