?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7004%2F&rft.title=VOICES+FROM+THE+GRASSROOTS%3A+A+PUBLIC+HEALTH+FRAMEWORK+FOR+CONDUCTING+COMMUNITY-BASED+PARTICIPATORY+RESEARCH+IN+POST-KATRINA+NEW+ORLEANS&rft.creator=Wing%2C+Yvette+M.&rft.description=This+paper+explores+the+perspectives+of+grassroots+organizers+currently+engaged+in+community+work+in+Post-Katrina+New+Orleans+to+suggest+a+framework+for+Community-Based+Participatory+Research+(CBPR).+Engaging+grassroots+organizers+in+CBPR+projects+can+prove+an+invaluable+resource+as+they+have+longstanding+relationships+with+community+members+and+a+proven+commitment+to+the+communities+they+serve.+To+gain+entr%C3%A9e+necessary+for+carrying+out+CBPR+in+partnership+with+grassroots+organizers+in+this+context%2C+researchers+must+foster+genuine+relationships+that+serve+to+empower+community+members+and+are+not+predicated+on+university+obtained+degrees+or+paternalistic+ideas+of+community+engagement.+Specific+to+Post-Katrina+New+Orleans%2C+grassroots+organizers+have+a+great+deal+of+insight+to+share+on+the+state+of+the+city's+recovery%2C+why+this+work+is+important+to+the+city's+devastated+communities%2C+and+how+researchers+interested+in+engaging+their+communities+can+be+most+effective.+The+framework+presented+is+based+on+the+principles+of+CBPR+and+enhanced+with+special+considerations+raised+during+interviews+with+grassroots+community+organizers+in+Post-Katrina+New+Orleans.+This+thesis+is+significant+to+public+health+because+it+serves+not+only+to+strengthen+Community-Based+Participatory+Research+in+the+city+of+New+Orleans%2C+but+it+could+set+a+precedent+for+the+field+of+Public+Health+related+to+their+role+in+post-disaster+recovery+in+any+community+for+years+to+come.&rft.date=2007-06-28&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7004%2F1%2FYMWing_GSPH_2007.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wing%2C+Yvette+M.++(2007)+VOICES+FROM+THE+GRASSROOTS%3A+A+PUBLIC+HEALTH+FRAMEWORK+FOR+CONDUCTING+COMMUNITY-BASED+PARTICIPATORY+RESEARCH+IN+POST-KATRINA+NEW+ORLEANS.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++