Community-Based Participatory Research and Health

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Prerequisites: HSC 305, COM 362, and MTH/STA 147 or STA 145, MTH/STA 347, or PSY 311 or equivalent; or permission of instructor. Introduces general theories, principles, and strategies of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) including strengths and limitations of CBPR, and the practical and ethical issues involved when collaborating with communities, the quantitative and qualitative methods used in CBPR. As part of this capstone course, students will participate in service learning and structure a proposal for a CBPR project.