Table 4.
Mobilization. This domain includes methods that mobilize action in participatory research by providing tools for decision making, action planning, translation, policy change, and dissemination. | |||||
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Type/Brief Description | Goals | Participants | Strengths | Challenges | |
Boot camp translation (Allison et al., 2014; Norman et al., 2013; Zittleman et al., 2021) |
Collaborative process for community-based teams | -Health promotion -Evidence-to-practice |
-Community members -Multi-stakeholder |
-Community-focused messages and communication tools -Training program available |
-Time and funding resource needs |
Deliberative methods (Cheney et al., 2018, 2021) |
Consensus process for discussion, decision-making, and mobilizing action | -Engage stakeholders in discussion and obtain informed public input on competing solutions -Participants consider the pros and cons of each choice and then reach consensus -Setting priorities for research or spending |
-Community members -Stakeholders |
-Community-driven approach to addressing issues -Brings together diverse participants |
-Requires a lot of preparation |
Delphi processes (Fletcher & Marchildon, 2014; Kezar & Maxey, 2016) |
Consensus method | -Improve understanding of problems, opportunities, and solutions -Systematically collect opinions from experts and stakeholders -Usually conducted through anonymous surveys, in several rounds |
-Stakeholders -Experts -Researchers |
-Rapid consensus can be achieved -Anonymous -Can include a wide range of experts -Relatively low cost to administer and analyze -Participants can be from a wide geographic area -Can be done online -Flexible number of participants |
-Success of the method depends on the selection, expertise, and motivation of participants -Attrition between rounds |