Our Opinions Matter: an Action Research Project with Parents and Children in the Canal Communities: Final Report Dublin, Canal Communities Partnership.

摘要

This report details the collaborative action research conducted by the Centre of Socialudand Educational Research (CSER) on behalf of the Canal Communities Partnershipud(CCP). Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) has been adapted toudachieve two principal aims:udi. Gathering limited qualitative data on the experience of parenting andudchildhood in the Canal Communities Area, through hearing and reinforcing theudviews and voices of the relevant residents.udii. Building on the experiences and opinions of young children and their parentsudin the Canal Communities Area to develop a model of meaningfuludcommunication between the CCP and its clients on an ongoing basis.udThis research is the first step of a process through which the CCP as agency andudvarious residents as members of the community can work in partnership to ensure theudeffective flow of information to better inform current strategic planning and promoteudcontinued, effective communication. The content of the report provides data as to theudmanner in which young children and parents in the Canal Communities Area (CCA)udexperience their lives and the needs which they feel are going unmet.