Academic Articles
CURA partners produced twelve articles. Click here to see full abstracts.
Jacobson, N., Ochocka, J., Wise J., Janzen, R. & the Taking Culture Seriously Partners (2007). Inspiring knowledge mobilization through a communications policy: The case of a Community University Research Alliance. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action. 1(1), 99-104.
Janzen, R., Ochocka, J., and the “Taking Culture Seriously” partners. (2007). The road toward cultural empowerment: An invitation to inclusion. In D. Zinda (Ed.) Navigating Multiculturalism Negotiating Change. (pp.58-76). Cambridge Scholar’s Press: Newcastle, UK.
Janzen, R., Ochocka, J., Jacobson, N., Maiter, S., Simich, L., Westhues, A., Fleras, A. and the “Taking Culture Seriously” Partners. (in press). Synthesizing Culture and Power in Community Mental Health: An Emerging Framework. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Maiter, S., Simich, L., Jacobson, N., & Wise, J. (2008). Reciprocity: An ethic for Participatory Action Research with culturally diverse communities. Action Research. 6(3): 305–325.
Ochocka, J. (2008). Working with Diverse Communities Towards Social Change: A Community University Partnership in Canada Using a Participatory Action Research Approach. In A. Bokszczanin (Ed). Social Change in Solidarity: Community Psychology Perspectives and Approaches (pp.76-83). Opole: University of Opole Press, Poland.
Ochocka, J. & Janzen R. (2007). Blending commitment, passion and structure: Engaging cultural linguistic communities in collaborative research. In A. Williamson & R. DeSouza (Eds.), Researching with Communities: Grounded perspectives on engaging communities in research. Wairua Press. Waitakere City, New Zealand. 323-338.
Ochocka J., Moorlag E. & Janzen, R. (submitted). Community entry and participatory action research: Pathways between diversity engagement and community research. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement.
Ochocka, J., Moorlag, E., Marsh, S., Korsak, K., Mutta, B., & Kaur, A. (in press). Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health: A five-year study bridging research and action. Canadian Issues: Special Issue on Immigrant Mental Health.
Simich, L., Maiter, S., Moorlag, E. & Ochocka, J. (2009). ‘Taking Culture Seriously’: Ethno linguistic community perspectives on mental health. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32 (3), 208-214.
Simich, L., Maiter, S. & Ochocka, J. (in press). From social liminality to cultural negotiation: Transformative processes in immigrant wellbeing. Anthropology and Medicine Journal.
Westhues, A., Janzen, R. , Roth, D. & Grant, J. (in press). Community mental health organizations in Ontario: Perceptions of responsiveness to the needs of diverse cultural-linguistic communities. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Westhues, A., Ochocka, J., Jacobson, N., Simich, L., Maiter, S., Janzen, R. & Fleras, A. (2008). Developing theory from complexity: Reflections on a collaborative mixed method Participatory Action Research study. Qualitative Health Research. 18 (5), 701-717.
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