Implementing green education of urban families: An action research project in Beijing, China

Hou, Xin; Ma, Yuna; Wu, Yang; Wang, Weiwei

doi:10.1177/1476750319889385

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“…However, 35 studies were excluded from review because their described methods did not meet set criteria for participatory research (community involvement in research question, study design, or interpreting results), despite use of a participatory methodology term in the title, abstract, or keywords. In some cases there appeared to be conflation of participatory methods with methods that collect community input (e.g., Severtson et al 2002), engage community members in activities (e.g., Hou et al 2020), or take environmental samples from people's homes (e.g., McCauley et al 2001).…”

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Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Davis

Ramírez‐Andreotta

2021

Environ Health Perspect

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BACKGROUND: Environmental health risks are disproportionately colocated with communities in poverty and communities of color. In some cases, participatory research projects have effectively addressed structural causes of health risk in environmental justice (EJ) communities. However, many such projects fail to catalyze change at a structural level. OBJECTIVES: This review employs Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) to theorize specific elements of participatory research for environmental health that effectively prompt structural change in EJ communities. METHODS: Academic database search was used to identify peer-reviewed literature describing participatory research with EJ communities to address environmental health. Synthetic constructs were developed iteratively related to study characteristics, design elements, and outcomes; and data were extracted for included records. Statistical analyses were performed to assess correlations between study design elements and structural change outcomes. Through critical, comparative, and contextual analyses of the "structural change" case study group and "nonstructural change" group, informed by relevant theoretical literature, a synthesizing argument was generated. RESULTS: From 505 total records identified, eligibility screening produced 232 case study articles, representing 154 case studies, and 55 theoretical articles for synthesis. Twenty-six case studies resulted in a structural change outcome. The synthesizing argument states that participatory research with EJ communities may be more likely to result in structural change when a) community members hold formal leadership roles; b) project design includes decision-makers and policy goals; and c) long term partnerships are sustained through multiple funding mechanisms. The assumption of EJ community benefit through research participation is critically examined. DISCUSSION: Recommended future directions include establishing structural change as a goal of participatory research, employing participatory assessment of community benefit, and increased hiring of faculty of color at research institutions. The power, privilege, and political influence that academic institutions are able to leverage in partnership with EJ communities may be as valuable as the research itself.

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confidence: 99%

“…In some cases there appeared to be conflation of participatory methods with methods that collect community input (e.g., Severtson et al. 2002 ), engage community members in activities (e.g., Hou et al. 2020 ), or take environmental samples from people’s homes (e.g., McCauley et al.…”

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Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Davis

Ramírez‐Andreotta

2021

Environ Health Perspect

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“…The members decided to transform and adapt an offline green social work program, which BZQ initiated in 2015 as a green education project, to an online version. The original offline project ( Hou et al, 2020 ) adopted gardening to catalyse change and developed a family-based and child-centred green social work model to ‘explore practical solutions for food safety that had social and environmental value’ (p. 19). The model aligned with the core purposes of GOB, which were to strengthen individual resilience and family cohesion, increase community bonding and foster hope during a time of crisis.…”

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Innovative technology-enhanced social work service during COVID-19: How ‘Garden on the Balcony’ promoted resilience, community bonds and a green lifestyle

Wang

Gao

Pei

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Qualitative Social Work

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has motivated social workers to reckon with and transform traditions in service delivery. The development, application, and evaluation of technology-enhanced practices have become more vital than ever. Garden on the Balcony (GOB) was an innovative internet-based social work service designed to respond rapidly to the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing. This paper introduces the underlying perspectives and design of GOB and reports participants’ reflections on the program to understand its mechanisms and implications. Interview data from GOB participants were collected 4 months after the program ended. Thematic analysis generated three major themes, suggesting that GOB had (a) promoted individual resilience and family cohesion; (b) built online and offline community bonds; and (c) cultivated a green lifestyle and spiritual reflection on life. This study demonstrates a practical example of the effective use of technology-enhanced practice.

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“…Parkes and Panelli (2001) utilized a participatory action research methodology to study the social-ecological health of freshwater ecosystems, concluding that PAR was "particularly appropriate for addressing complex human and ecosystem relationships" (p. 86). Finally, Hou et al (2020) found that action research was a powerful methodology for engaging social workers, farmers, parents, and children in exploring practical solutions for food safety, while addressing interrelated issues of environmental injustice. These studies inform and inspire our decision to use action research as a vehicle for learning about ecologies of the Fraser watershed and enacting multi-system change.…”

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Supporting Communities in Caring for Salmon and Each Other: Creek Restoration as a Site for Multi-System Change and Wholistic Re/conciliation

Hill

Bailey

Power

et al. 2021

CJAR

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This paper describes a unique collaborative action research project that brings together members of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie) First Nation, post-secondary and K-12 communities, as well as foresters and environmentalists, to restore creeks that have been compromised by land use impacts, forest removal, and global warming. Identifying creek restoration as a site for multi-system change and wholistic re/conciliation, we explored the following questions: How can we bring together members of our diverse communities to learn about the dire condition of our watershed and take action to help Salmon? How might this collaborative work strengthen community relationships? What contextual factors enable and impede the enactment of our vison? Through iterative cycles of action and reflection, intentional trial and error, conversational inquiry, and storytelling, we identified ‘guideposts’ that will inform our work moving forward. Our research has illuminated structural changes that could enhance environmental justice for Salmon, such as empowering the caretakers of creeks and rivers since time immemorial as sovereign leaders of restorative projects, affirming the rights of the Land and other sentient beings to receive care, developing leadership structures that serve to unite (rather than polarize) citizens in addressing environmental problems, and forming diverse relational webs that exceed partnerships. Action research, informed by Indigenous worldviews, can play a pivotal role in supporting communities in assuming relational responsibility in caring for the Land and one another. As Donna Haraway (2016) contends, it is time to ‘make kin’ outside of our genetic and ancestral ties to ‘change the story’.

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Implementing green education of urban families: An action research project in Beijing, China

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Participatory Research for Environmental Justice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Innovative technology-enhanced social work service during COVID-19: How ‘Garden on the Balcony’ promoted resilience, community bonds and a green lifestyle

Supporting Communities in Caring for Salmon and Each Other: Creek Restoration as a Site for Multi-System Change and Wholistic Re/conciliation

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