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Community-University Research Partnerships for Workers' and Environmental Health in Campinas Brazil
Metropolital Universities An International Forum (2011)
  • Maria Inês Monteiro
  • Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Heleno Rodrigues Correa-Filho
Abstract

Three partnerships between the University of Campinas, community, and pubLic health care services are discussed in this article. A theoretical framework underpins the critical reviews of their accomplishments following criteria proposed by scholars of community-university partnerships and community-based participatory research. The article concludes that despite the significant achievements, there still remain important barriers for their development due to performance criteria that do not value research that partner with communities, health care services, or labor unions.

Keywords
  • partnerships,
  • community-based research,
  • Brazil
Publication Date
November, 2011
Citation Information
Maria Inês Monteiro, Carlos Eduardo Siqueira and Heleno Rodrigues Correa-Filho. "Community-University Research Partnerships for Workers' and Environmental Health in Campinas Brazil" Metropolital Universities An International Forum Vol. 22 Iss. 2 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carlos_siqueira/7/