Objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.

Objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.

Action Research: Analysis of Study Design
This assignment will draw upon the knowledge you have gained by reading the first three chapters in Community-Based Participatory Research. Additionally, the 2011 article by Gonzalez et al., “Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California,” will be the research journal article that provides the context for your analysis. The Gonzalez et al. article is an example of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study that examines and evaluates other community-based participatory research studies. Pay careful attention to the CBPR study that Gonzalez et al. are undertaking versus those of the other CBPR studies in the article.
In your assignment, address the following:
Analyze the objectives of the community-based participatory research (CBPR) study presented in the Gonzalez et al. article.
What were the primary objectives of the researchers?
Analyze the working relationships with community partners.
What did Gonzalez et al. find when examining the working relationships with community partners?
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the CBPR approach in the Gonzalez et al. study.
What did did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the challenges and benefits of a CBPR approach?
Analyze the findings of the Gonzalez et al. study with regard to data. What did the Gonzalez et al. study find when examining the data collection processes of the CBPR approach?
Other Requirements
Justify your rationale throughout your assignment with information from the Gonzalez et al. article as well as from your textbook readings.
Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
Communicate through writing that applies current APA style and formatting and conforms to all assignment instructions.

Essay 2
• Action Research: Logic Models and Application of AR

For this assignment, you will be creating a logic model of the design of the study description in the 2011 journal article “Community-Based Participatory Research and Policy Advocacy to Reduce Diesel Exposure in West Oakland, California” by Gonzalez et al. Then you will write a paper analyzing the research design and actions.
For the logic model portion of this assignment, identify the following:
• Program name.
• Situation.
• Inputs.
• Outputs—activities and participation.
• Outcomes—short, medium, and long.
• Assumptions.
• External factors.
Indicate the relationship between inputs, outputs, and outcomes. The logic model you develop should be appropriate to the research design in the Gonzalez et al. study.
For the analysis portion of this assignment, address the following:
• Analyze the research design of the Gonzalez et al. study.
o How could the design of the project have been improved?
• Analyze the action taken (or recommended) based on the results of the Gonzalez study.
o In other words, how did the research lead to action, based on the results of the study?
Other Requirements
• Justify your rationale throughout your assignment with information from the Gonzalez et al. article as well as from your textbook readings.
• Communicate through writing that is concise, balanced, and logically organized.
• Communicate through writing that applies current APA style and formatting and conforms to all assignment instructions.