TY - JOUR PY - 2004// TI - Balancing Power Through Community Building: Setting the Research Agenda on Violence Against Women JO - Affilia A1 - Rivaux, Stephanie L. A1 - Angelelli, Maria José A1 - White, Barbara A1 - Heffron, Laurie Cook A1 - Busch, Noel Bridget A1 - Bell, Holly SP - 404 EP - 417 VL - 19 IS - 4 N2 - This article presents a feminist model for collaboration by researchers, practitioners, and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault that focuses on balancing power and building community. Thirty-eight university researchers, survivors, and practitioners met to define and prioritize a research agenda on domestic violence and sexual assault, plan for continued collaboration, and evaluate the community-building process. This article presents data from focus groups, written evaluations, and researcher-participant observations that indicated the research topics that the participants ranked as the most important or useful to them and outlines the participants’ concerns about and suggestions for ongoing collaboration.

LA - SN - 0886-1099 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109904268871 ID - ref1 ER -