This second edition of the award-winning The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication emphasizes constructive conflict management from a communication perspective, identifying the message as the focus of conflict research and practice. Editors John G. Oetzel and Stella Ting-Toomey, along with expert researchers in the discipline, have assembled in one resource the knowledge base of the field of conflict communication; identified the best theories, ideas, and practices of conflict communication; and provided the opportunity for scholars and practitioners to link theoretical frameworks and application tools.

Fully updated with the latest research throughout, the second edition offers new chapters on qualitative and quantitative research methods for conflict, intimate partner violence, family dynamics, mental health, negotiation, workplace bullying, healthcare conflict, identity and intercultural conflict, the middle way approach, conflict in the global workplace, the culture-based situational conflict model, community ethics and engagement, spirituality and conflict, and trust in academic-community partnerships.

Trust in Community–Academic Research Partnerships: Increasing the Consciousness of Conflict and Trust Development

Trust in Community–Academic Research Partnerships: Increasing the Consciousness of Conflict and Trust Development

Trust in community–academic research partnerships: Increasing the consciousness of conflict and trust development
Julie E.Lucero and Nina B.Wallerstein

Consider the following scenario: An academic research team was invited by a tribal community's public health program to collaborate on a project. This project was in response to an outbreak related to a sexually transmitted infection (STI). It was suggested by a federal public health analyst that the outbreak was largely attributed to a segment of the population who were infected and cycled in and out of jail. The community public health program hypothesized that education to this jailed population would increase knowledge of STIs, increase screening and treatment, and decrease the spread of infection.

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