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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Particip Res Methods. 2022 May 23;3(1):10.35844/001c.32605. doi: 10.35844/001c.32605

Table 4.

Mobilization

Mobilization. This domain includes methods that mobilize action in participatory research by providing tools for decision making, action planning, translation, policy change, and dissemination.
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