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How can participatory research methods be used to improve research with refugees?

Participatory research methods have been successfully implemented with multiple refugee communities and have covered various topics.

  • General principles of participatory research include viewing community members as co-researchers, creating advisory boards, involving community members in all steps of the research project, and highlighting community expertise on their own lived experiences
  • Community empowerment and skill building should also be central themes to participatory research: Researchers should encourage community members to share their strengths and build new skills that could lead to better understanding of community needs and potential solutions to address community-identified issues

 

Refugee service providers can use the elements of participatory research in programmatic development.

  • Participatory research methods are adaptable by nature, allowing providers and researchers to change the project direction as needs are identified
  • Partnerships should involve an iterative process that allows community members to provide feedback and guidance in programmatic development
  • Power dynamics and the ethics of participation for community members need to be closely watched and controlled for through open communication and mitigation of any potential negative impacts

Post TitleStrength of EvidenceType of StudyDirection of Evidence
A chair at the table: A scoping review of the participation of refugees in community-based participatory research in healthcareStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Opportunities and challenges associated with engaging immigrant women in participatory action researchStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
A scoping review of interventions delivered by peers to support the resettlement process of refugees and asylum seekersStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Community engagement in psychosocial interventions with refugees from Asia: A systematic reviewStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Immigrants as research partners: A review of immigrants in community-based participatory resaerch (CBPR)StrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Community-based participatory research partnerships in quanitative studies on migrants: An integrative reviewStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Adapting to context in community-based participatory research: “Participatory starting points” in a Chinese immigrant worker communitySuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact
Ethical and professional norms in community-based researchSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Reflections on the use of community based participatory research to affect social and political change: Examples from research with refugees and older people in IrelandSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
The p, a and r of participatory action research with unaccompanied girlsSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Worth the risk? Muddled relationships in community-based participatory researchSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
Breathing life into theory: Illustrations of community-based research: Hallmarks, functions and phasesSuggestiveSuggestive evidenceNo evidence about impact
A chair at the table: A scoping review of the participation of refugees in community-based participatory research in healthcareN/AN/APositive impact
Opportunities and challenges associated with engaging immigrant women in participatory action researchStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
A scoping review of interventions delivered by peers to support the resettlement process of refugees and asylum seekersStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Community engagement in psychosocial interventions with refugees from Asia: A systematic reviewStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Immigrants as research partners: A review of immigrants in community-based participatory research (CBPR)StrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Community-based participatory research partnerships in quantitative studies on migrants: An integrative reviewStrongSystematic reviewPositive impact
Adapting to context in community-based participatory research: “Participatory starting points” in a Chinese immigrant worker communitySuggestiveSuggestive evidencePositive impact

Studies included in the database focused on high-income or upper middle-income countries, including but not limited to the United States. Studies included must have been published since 2012. To identify evidence, we searched the following websites and databases using the following population, methodology, and target outcome terms:

 

 

Websites and Databases Population Terms Methodology Terms Target Outcome Terms
ProQuest

EBSCO Host

JSTOR

PsycInfo

 

 

 refugee

OR

immigrant

OR

“unaccompanied minor”

OR

asylee

OR

“temporary protected status”

OR

“victims of traffick*”

OR

“traffick* victims”

OR

T-Visa

OR

U-Visa

OR

Cuban

OR

Haitian

OR

Amerasian

 

 evaluation

OR

impact

OR

program

OR

intervention

OR

policy

OR

project

OR

train*

OR

therapy

OR

treatment

OR

counseling

OR

workshop

OR

review

OR

meta-analysis

OR

synthesis

 “participatory action research”

OR

“community based participatory research”

OR

“participatory research”

OR

“cooperative inquiry” OR

“collaborative inquiry” OR

“community engaged research”

OR

“community placed research”

OR

“photovoice”