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Action research offers certain advantages to investigators in geriatrics and gerontology over conventional models of research. It is, by definition, “applied research.” This application involves three domains. First, the intervention addresses questions that cannot be answered by purely descriptive or analytic studies. Second, the collaboration enables those persons who are directly affected by the system under study to provide useful perspectives and to suggest important research questions. Such collaboration also can improve the dissemination of research. Third, the service aspect can be an integral part of the research design, thereby increasing the significance of the research.
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Winograd, C.H. (1984). Action Research: Its Value in Gerontology and Geriatrics. In: Cassel, C.K., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5232-0_33
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