also Pathways to Health

Interactive knowledge is derived from lived experience.  It is also known as
constructivist, naturalistic, ethnographic, or qualitative knowledge and its
focus is on meanings and interpretations provided to events by ordinary
individuals. Interactive knowledge is primarily  concerned with understanding
the connections among human beings and their environments. One community health
needs assessment approach working within this paradigm is the Pathways to
Building Healthy Communities in Eastern Nova Scotia Project. PATH Project
(1997).  Pathways to Building Healthy Communities in Eastern Nova Scotia: the
Path Project Resource.  Antigonish NS : People Assessing Their Health.
     In this approach, community members are asked to tell stories that
demonstrate some aspect of their health based on personal experience.  The group
then goes on to summarize what happened in the story, why they think it
happened, and what has been learned from this experience. This information is
used to identify relevant determinants of health and means of addressing the
issue. Analysis of stories is carried out within a determinants of health
framework.

PATH Project (1997).  Pathways to Building Healthy Communities in Eastern Nova
Scotia: the Path Project Resource.  Antigonish NS : People Assessing Their
Health.

they may have published something in CJPH about this

dr
Dennis Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Programme Director
School of Health Policy & Management
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies
York University
4700 Keele St.
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Ph: 416-736-2100 ext. 22134
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