%0 Journal Article
%T Community-based participatory research: a collaborative study to measure capabilities towards recovery in mental health community organizations
%A Jos¨¦ Ornelas
%A Rita Aguiar
%A Beatrice Sacchetto
%A Maria F. Jorge-Monteiro
%J Psychology, Community & Health
%D 2013
%I 
%X Objective: The purpose of this article is to offer a theoretical review on community based research, namely about collaborative processes and qualitative participatory methodologies, and to present an application of this framework to the research design. Method: It is provided a review on community-based research methodology, university-community partnerships, and is described the qualitative participatory methodology used in one collaborative study. Conclusion: following the partnership guidelines for collaborative community-university research, we highlight the participatory and qualitative process that intended to develop a measure of user¡¯s capability gains fostered by mental health community based organizations.
%K participatory community research
%K mental health organizations
%K qualitative methods
%U http://pch.psychopen.eu/article/view/5/3