Human Reflections of a Maximum Security Prison
A blog inspired by: Researching prisoner experiences with prison officers: An action research inspired approach. Deborah H Drake, I have been serving the public in law enforcement for over 25 years, to include local, state and federal service, so I am aware of the potential consequences of crimes, such as incarceration at maximum-security prisons. I […]
Read More...Children Without A Voice
A blog inspired by The voices of youth in foster care: A participant action research study.; Ponciano, Leslie DEC 2013 Vol.11, Issue 4. 428,000 children are in foster care today. Despite their numbers, these children rarely have a voice, due to their status as minors within an already marginalized group. In the article, The voices […]
Read More...Easing stress in residential care with older people
Having a troubled conscience is stressful. This kind of stress seriously influences care providers ability to offer good care. So it’s important to take measures to address, and relieve but preferably prevent this kind of stress. We did our participatory action research in the context of  residential care for older people. We found that using a shared problem processing […]
Read More...Program Evaluation in an Aquatic Agricultural System
Many rural poor and marginalized people strive to make a living in social-ecological systems that are characterized by multiple and often inequitable interactions. Uncertainty and inequality in such systems require research and development interventions to be adaptive. Complexity-aware approaches to planning, monitoring and evaluating development interventions are gaining strength, yet, there is still little empirical […]
Read More...Collaborating for community food security: Emerging scholar participation in a community–university partnershipAction
Abstract on behalf of Erin Nelson and Warren Dodd In recent years, there has been rapid growth in community–university partnerships. As part of this trend, emerging scholars, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, have demonstrated significant interest in being part of community-engaged research projects. However, while there is a growing body of literature on the […]
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