Participation in Researches with Participative Methodologies: Reflections about Experiences

• Autor(a) principal: Gatto Júnior, José Renato
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Sousa, Leandra Andréia de, Pesce, Sébastien, Fortuna, Cinira Magali
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/8643
• topic: Citizen Participation; Qualitative Research; Community-based Participatory Research.; Participação cidadã; Pesquisa qualitativa; Pesquisa Participativa baseada na Comunidade.

Objective: Thus, this article seeks to provoke new reflections about participation, based on some research experiences with participatory methodology. Methods: The steps for the composition of this reflection were: 1-) selection of significant characteristics from the experiences during research with participatory methodologies 2-) presentation and discussion of the selected characteristics; and 3-) synthesizing relevant annotations. The following significant characteristics were considered: the question of participation as a process (levels of participation throughout the investigative process); flexibility in the use of data collection techniques: a key point in the construction of the participatory process; the cycles: new participants, new forms of participation. Results: Based on these considerations, in the process of participation, the participation or level of participation is expected to progressively vary (number of participants and intensity of participation - which leads to submissions of amendments in ethics committees) throughout the course of the research. While some advocate flexibility as a rigor criterion in participatory research, others argue that the flexible approach is still considered to be of less scientific rigor. Conclusion: Participation as a process under construction, using flexibility and other transformative devices, is seen as a powerful tool to be intensively developed during a participatory methodology research.