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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Community participatory"”.
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Crowdsourcing in community participatory planning in China : case studies in four communities in Shenzhen
Community participatory planning is a crucial component of urban planning but there is no effective public participation in the Chinese planning decision-making process, which brings up social conflicts and planning failures. As more urban redevelopment are launched in China and social media …
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Community participatory design in the information systems development process in Africa: a systemic literature review
Participatory design (PO) pertains to the different ways of incorporating ideas and acts of organisational members in designing, developing and evaluating an Information Systems (IS) artefact. The context of this study is community organisations in African settings participating in the designing …
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Tomato farming as an alternative source of income case study of Bukanga hamlet in Musoma Municipality
Participatory needs assessment was conducted in Bukanga ward in Musoma municipality in order to determine needs, opprtunities and challenges facing the community. Participatory research methods were employed. These included focus group discussion, observation, questionnaire, and in depth interview. …
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Exploring experiences of mental health in second generation South Asian Canadians
… primary care; stress; the positive mind; and community participatory approaches. This research highlights the complexity of the conceptualization of mental health, the prevalence of the stigma of mental health, as well as the need for increased mental health literacy in the South Asian …
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Riverside – Buzuruga Road Rehabilitation In The South Mecco Street
… for road projects. This paper describes the community participatory process towards implementing a road rehabilitation project in the South Mecco community in Nyakato ward, Ilemela district in Mwanza City. The process started with problem identification through community needs assessment. …
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Riverside – Buzuruga Road Rehabilitation in the South Mecco Street
… for road projects. This paper describes the community participatory process towards implementing a road rehabilitation project in the South Mecco community in Nyakato ward, Ilemela district in Mwanza City. The process started with problem identification through community needs assessment. …
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Improving Access to Community Water Supply A Case Of Mumiramira Village – Ngara District
Mumiramira village community is located at, Ngara district in Kagera region with population of more than 3,629 residents. In a way of solving the problem of inadequate water supply, communities decided to organize themselves to use the available water sources with support from other stakeholders. …
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Establishment of revolving fund scheme for the youth at Muriti village Ukerewe district
The overall objectives of the community needs assessment in Muriti village in Ukerewe district was to identify the magnitude of problems facing youth as well as identify needs priorities of youth so that to get the entry point, in collaboration with the researcher, host NGO and district council, to …
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Responsive parenting in Hong Kong: an evaluation study of OneSky’s parent training pogram for at-risk families
… to caregivers with young children.In this community participatory study, we collaborated with OneSky to evaluate the effectiveness of their adapted responsive parent training for at-risk families in Hong Kong. We used a pre-post quasi-experimental design for parents with children 0-6 years …
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Water Conservation for the County of San Luis Obispo
… Report explores case studies in the use of community participatory planning to produce water conservation plans. The studies focused on a Community Plan development in Arroyo Grande, California, and on an Integrated Regional Water Management Plan in the Greater Los Angeles Region. The …
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Ka‘u Community Asthma Management Program
… of Knowledge Transformation complimented by community participatory approach. Literature review and synthesis revealed that community-based asthma education and asthma self-management that includes self-efficacy, an asthma action plan, journal writing, and the use of peak flow meters are the …
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Feeding the Family: Exploration of Mothers' Experiences and Practice
… Inquiry (Heron, 1996) which I adapted as a community participatory research study with a core group of 13 volunteer mothers. This community of mothers from a former mining community in the NW of England became in time my co-researchers in the investigation of what feeding the family entailed …
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The use of geospatial tools to support, monitor and evaluate post-disaster recovery
… cadastral and enumeration mapping and the community participatory process. While previous chapters focus on the manual analysis of satellite imagery, chapter 5 reports how semi-automatic analyses of satellite imagery were used to support UN-Habitat by monitoring a planned camp and …
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Community participation strategies to improve health in slum settings: a qualitative systematic review
… need to better health in slums is ever-growing. Community participation (CP) is continually gaining prominence as integral when addressing the complex challenges of those living in slums. Specific to health interventions in slums, an understanding of "what truly works" and what forms or …
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Bioexploration of wild Alaskan berries: From field screening to functional food
… chemical and biological analysis. The inclusive, participatory philosophical approach utilized in bioexploration has additional benefits that could be realized in seemingly disparate areas, such as education and economics. Five species of wild Alaskan berries (Vaccinium uliginosum, V. ovalifolium, …
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Ethical pesticide policy : beyond risk assessment
… studies conducted in Asia are used to illustrate community participatory research. The development of Auckland City's Weed Management Policy is used to illustrate the potential of the proposed approach to pesticide policy. It is argued that the reductionist science of toxicology, on which current …
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Service learning in postsecondary technology education: Educational promises and challenges in student values development
… training course (INIS) that has incorporated community service projects since fall 2000. Guided by Dewey's vision of democratic education, this study inquires into the nature, reality, and implications of a practice of interdisciplinary, service learning. Through this journey, it derives …
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The Traditional Roles of Caring for Elders: Views from First Nations Elders Regarding Health, Violence, and Elder Abuse
… systems within Canada.</p> <p>This study used a community-based participatory research design to explore social and cultural context through the views of Carrier Sekani Elders in the Ts'il Kaz Koh community. The design acted to support the aims of the study which were: To explore how First …
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Speaking from Places: A Phenomenological Deconstructive Study of Children’s Places, Child-Centric Methods, and Politics.
<p>This dissertation adopts an innovative phenomenological and deconstructive methodology to create a child-centric research process sensitive to facilitating, integrating, and representing children’s voices in designing their school playground. The study developed and employed two novel …
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Using a Learning Community to Manage Pain: A participatory action research study
This participatory action research study evaluated whether, bringing people who have chronic pain together in collaborative learning communities can have an impact upon the way they manage their chronic pain. Participatory action research has been used with other patient groups, but not with people …
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