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ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2014

African primary care research: participatory action research.

Bob Mash

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Article in African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Building community climate resilience: A guide for primary care providers.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026
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  5. Using community-based participatory research in improving the management of hypertension in communities: A scoping review.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Bob MashFamily Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University. rm@sun.ac.za.

Funding

PEPFARPHS HHS T84HA21652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article is part of the series on African primary care research and focuses on participatory action research. The article gives an overview of the emancipatory-critical research paradigm, the key characteristics and different types of participatory action research. Following this it describes in detail the methodological issues involved in professional participatory action research and running a cooperative inquiry group. The article is intended to help students with writing their research proposal.

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Primary Health CareAfricaBiomedical ResearchCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchGroup ProcessesHumansResearch Design

Identifiers

PMID26245439
PMCPMC4502903

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