ABSTRACT The Participatory Action Research (PAR) study with Young Mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda which took place from 2006 to 2009 aimed to understand what ‘reintegration’ meant to young mothers formerly associated with armed groups. It also implemented social action initiatives designed by study participants to promote their wellbeing and achieve reintegration. We evaluated the study using multiple participatory evaluation methods, situating evaluation as part of the cycle of research and action. This approach facilitated young mothers’ participation in developing the criteria by which the study and its reintegration outcomes would be judged. We describe each method and what we uniquely learned from using a participatory evaluation approach. We discuss how this approach is well-suited for complex studies, can enhance data quality, increases capacity of all involved in the evaluation and supports the critical reflexivity necessary for participatory studies to succeed.

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参与式评估的变革性和解放性：对受战争影响的年轻母亲的参与式行动研究的反思

摘要从2006年至2009年，在利比里亚，塞拉利昂和乌干达北部与年轻母亲进行的参与式行动研究（PAR）研究旨在了解“重返社会”对以前与武装团体有联系的年轻母亲的意义。它还实施了由研究参与者设计的社会行动倡议，以促进他们的福祉并实现重返社会。我们使用多种参与性评估方法对研究进行了评估，并将评估置于研究和行动周期的一部分。这种方法促进了年轻母亲参与制定标准，以此来判断研究及其重新整合的结果。我们描述了每种方法以及我们从参与式评估方法中学到的独特知识。我们讨论了这种方法如何非常适合复杂的研究，