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Research conducts research in collaboration with community partners
to promote justice and equity in a diverse, multiethnic, multicultural
world. We engage in and support community-based research partnerships
to reverse inequities, promote positive changes in public health and
education, and foster cultural conservation and development. Communities worldwide are
working to access resources and develop the skills needed to direct
and control their own futures. Through the use of community-based
research, ICR is narrowing the gap between research and practice
by working with real communities on real issues.
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ICR Youth PhotoVoice Exhibit in the News
WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil reports on youth PhotoVoice projects that explore issues of personal/group abuse and health disparities.
Podcast
Malinowski Lecture: Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D.
Dr. Schensul was presented with the 2010 Malinowski Award from the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA).This lecture took place on Friday, March 25, 2010 in Merida, Mexico at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting.
SfAA podcast | Introduction by Dr. Weeks (pdf)
'Refugees Craft New LIves for Themselves'
Hartford Courant article on the Sewing Circle, a project of ICR's CT Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CHAP).
Multilevel Interventions Featured in American Journal of Community Psychology
ICR Founding Director Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D., and Edison Trickett, Ph.D., (University of Illinois, Chicago) edit June issue; ICR and other researchers contribute articles.
Online Journal
Female Condoms Get Media Attention
WNPR's Diane Orson reports on ICR's new female condom project.
Article | Audio
More Female Condoms in the News
Promoting Female Condoms in Sex Work Establishments in Southern China: Experiences in Chengmai County (pdf)
Findings from Hainan Province presented by ICR Director Margaret Weeks, Ph.D., at AIDS Science Day 2009, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
RAP Project Findings Now Available Online at NIH's PubMed Central
Three New Research Presentations Available
Drug User Peer Health Advocates as Multilevel Change Agents (PowerPoint format)
Vaccinate for Influenza Prevention (V.I.P): A Multilevel Intervention with Seniors to Vaccinate Against Flu (PowerPoint)
Youth Action Research for Prevention: A Multilevel PAR-based Intervention (PowerPoint)
Case Studies in Community-Based Collaborative Research, an ICR publication of submissions from Crossroads I Conference: Critical Issues in Community-Based Research Partnerships, is now available in pdf format.
ICR Researchers present poster on the history of Ecstasy and its use in Connecticut

Microbicides in the News!
Executive Director Margaret Weeks, Ph.D., contributes practical advice and information about conducting research in a series of video interviews. Her topics include the application of anthropological principles to community-based research, challenges with supervising staff in fieldwork situations, international research partnerships: critical local connections and setting up a local partnership, and challenges with translating a Hartford, CT survey for use in China.
Rollin' and Dustin': Pathways to Urban Life Styles, presenting data on youth drug use through comic art, is now online.
View ICR's Gallery Page.
Female Condoms: The Best Kept Secret in Women Initiated HIV Prevention
A presentation by ICR Director Margaret Weeks, Ph.D., at Yale University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS.
The Institute for
Community Research:
The First 2 Decades
Founding Director Jean
J. Schensul Delivers ICR's Model of Community Building
Youth Action
Research Institute
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