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Building Consensus, Celebrating Diversity: The International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research

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This chapter will serve as an introduction to the work of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR). This will include a brief history, the structure and goals, a description of the membership, a description of the accomplishments to date, and a description of the current areas of focus. Reference will be made to other chapters in order to make explicit the link between the ICPHR and the themes of the book.

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    WI is the only founding institution still serving on the executive committee. The staff at the WZB and LJMU have since changed institution, transferring their activity as consortium members to their new workplaces.

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    www.icphr.org

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Wright, M.T., Cook, T., Springett, J., Kongats, K. (2018). Building Consensus, Celebrating Diversity: The International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. In: Wright, M., Kongats, K. (eds) Participatory Health Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92177-8_2

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