Project of Participation, (A): Creating a Sustainable Community Partnership That Builds ESL-Speaking Immigrant Women's Health Literacy Status

Community-based research is defined as a research process that involves collaborative relationships between researchers and community members (Harris, 2006). Although there has reportedly been an increased interest in the concept of community-based research, there has not been a lot of research conducted and disseminated on how this type of research occurs in practice in peer-reviewed journals (Buysse, Sparkman, Wesley, 2003). This project review describes a successful community based research project conducted at an immigrant society in Victoria, BC that ultimately facilitated in ESL-speaking immigrant women to learn about health, while simultaneously raising their consciousness. Guided by the principles of respect, flexibility and empowerment, this community-based participatory research project received national recognition through wining a Population and Public Health Masters Research Award (2006).