Students who are registering for online summer courses and are interested in Community Based Participatory Research should click here to learn more about Dr. Taggart’s course.
This course is designed to introduce students to the purpose, guiding principles, and methodology of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Students will gain a broad understanding of the importance of addressing community needs when examining how social, political, and economic factors influence health and health outcomes. This course will provide an examination of the relevant CBPR literature with a particular focus on the history, theoretical frameworks, and application of CBPR within public health programs and research.