Relational Dialectics in Community-Rooted Research and Partnerships

Autor: Delana Gilkey, Kandi L. Walker, Joy L. Hart, Lindsey A. Wood, Austin Zachary, Jack A. Pfeiffer
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Health Sciences.
DOI: 10.3390/iecehs-2-06389
Popis: Improving health equity as well as overall community health rests in large part on partnerships, especially those between researchers and community members and groups. Employing the theory of relational dialectics, we analyze relationships in an interdisciplinary research project examining how community health is influenced by increases in neighborhood greening. Relational dialectics posits that opposing tensions, such as desires not only to be connected but also to remain independent, shape relationships and are evidenced and negotiated through communication. We provide examples of dialectical tensions in a community-rooted research project and lessons that we have learned from this work.
Databáze: OpenAIRE