Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The conceptual, historical, and practice roots of community based participatory research and related participatory traditions / Nina Wallerstein and Bonnie Duran -- Critical issues in developing and following community based participatory research principles / Barbara A. Israel ... [et al.] -- The dance of race and privilege in community based participatory research / Vivian Chavez ... [et al.] -- Are academics irrelevant? : approaches and roles for scholars in community based participatory research / Randy Stoecker -- Community/researcher partnerships : perspectives from the field / Marianne Sullivan ... [et al.] -- Community-driven asset identification and issue selection / Meredith Minkler and Trevor Hancock -- Using internet-based tools to build capacity for community based participatory research and other efforts to promote community health and development / Steven B. Fawcett ... [et al.] -- Using photovoice as a participatory assessment and issue selection tool : a case study with the homeless in Ann Arbor / Caroline C. Wang -- Issues and choice points for improving the quality of action research / Hilary Bradbury and Peter Reason -- Methodological and ethical considerations in community-driven environmental justice research : two case studies from rural North Carolina / Stephanie Farquhar and Steve Wing -- Ethical challenges in community based participatory research : a case study from the San Francisco Bay area disability community / Pamela Fadem ... [et al.] -- Issues in participatory evaluation / Jane Springett -- Engaging women in community based participatory research for health : the East Side Village health worker partnership / Amy J. Schultz ... [et al.] -- Community based participatory research with Cambodian girls in Long Beach, California : a case study / Ann Cheatham and Eveline Shen -- Community based participatory research with a hidden population : the transgender community health project / Kristen Clements-Nolle and Ari Bachrach -- Influencing policy through community based participatory research / Makani Themba and Meredith Minkler -- Advocating policies to promote community reintegration of drug users leaving jail : a case study of first steps in a policy change campaign guided by community based participatory research / Juliana van Olphen ... [et al.] -- Participatory action research with hotel room cleaners : from collaborative study to the bargaining table / Pam Tau Lee, Niklas Krause and C. Goetchius.