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Community-Based Research and Participatory Approaches in Support of SDG14

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Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) invites research subjects to become partners to address an issue in the community and lead to action and positive change (Duran and Wallerstein 2003; Gutberlet et al. 2014; Kindon 2016a; Coughlin et al. 2017). A few variations of the CBPR approach are present in the literature, such as community-based research (CBR), Participatory Action Research (PAR), and Community-based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR).

In Community-based Research (CBR), the role of the participants is not as much in-depth as CBPR; while there is still engagement and consultation, they are not coresearchers or coleaders on the project (Flicker et al. 2008).

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is closer to CBPR as it includes the three interconnected aims of research, action, and education (Duran and Wallerstein 2003); however, PAR does not necessarily include community participation – community in the sense of common interest or geographically defined....

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Gauthier, M. (2021). Community-Based Research and Participatory Approaches in Support of SDG14. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Life Below Water. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71064-8_155-1

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