Thurka Sangaramoorthy and Karen A. Kroeger, Rapid Ethnographic Assessments: A Practical Approach and Toolkit for Collaborative Community Research

ABSTRACT

, Routledge London, 2020;178 pp., ISBN 978-0-367-25228-1, €120 (hbk) The COVID-19 pandemic - while introducing an array of profound challenges to once stable social institutions - highlights the urgent need for the development of rapid forms of social research techniques to comprehend such events and, most critically, to guide effective intervention. Sangaramoothy and Kroeger, as part of their respective roles in the CDC, have worked together in developing, planning and carrying out several important REAs. They have also delivered trainings on REA to CDC staff, state and local health department personnel, and practitioners in non-governmental and community-based organisations, which has culminated in the practical focus of the book and its core community-engagement dimension. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Irish Journal of Sociology is the property of Sage Publications Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)