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The trajectory of participation in health research by community social actors worldwide has been built on a history of community participation from the Ottawa Charter Health Promotion call for community mobilization, to the emancipatory educational philosophy of Paulo Freire, to social movements and organizing for health and social justice. This paper builds on this history to expand our global knowledge about community participation in research through a dialogue between experiences and contexts in two prominent countries in this approach; the United States and Brazil. We first focus on differences in political and scientific contexts, financing, and academic perspectives and then present how, despite these differences, similarities exist in values and collaborative methodologies aimed at engaging community partners in democratizing science and knowledge construction. We present three case studies, one from the U.S. and two from Brazil, which illustrate similar multi-level processes using participatory research tools and Freirian dialogue to contribute to social mobilization, community empowerment, and the transformation of inequitable societal conditions. Despite different processes of evolution, we observed a convergence of participatory health research strategies and values that can transform science in our commitment to reduce health and social inequities and improve community wellbeing.

The trajectory of participation in health research by community social actors worldwide has been built on a history of community participation from the Ottawa Charter Health Promotion call for community mobilization, to the emancipatory educational philosophy of Paulo Freire, to social movements and organizing for health and social justice. This paper builds on this history to expand our global knowledge about community participation in research through a dialogue between experiences and contexts in two prominent countries in this approach ; the United States and Brazil. We first focus on differences in political and scientific contexts, financing, and academic perspectives and then present how, despite these differences, similarities exist in values and collaborative methodologies aimed at engaging community partners in democratizing science and knowledge construction. We present three case studies, one from the U.S. and two from Brazil, which illustrate similar multi-level processes using participatory research tools and Freirian dialogue to contribute to social mobilization, community empowerment, and the transformation of inequitable societal conditions. Despite different processes of evolution, we observed a convergence of participatory health research strategies and values that can transform science in our commitment to reduce health and social inequities and improve community wellbeing. ; National Institutes of Health ; Amazonia project FUNASA ; Capela project FAPESP ; Univ New Mexico, Coll Populat Hlth, Ctr Participatory Res, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA|L Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, BR-01246904 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Energy & Environm, BR-05508010 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Environm Hlth Master Degree Program, Complexo Educ Fac Metropolitanas Unidas FMU, BR-05690050 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Publ Policy & Collect Hlth, BR-11065240 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Estado Rio De Janeiro, Coll Nursing, UERJ, BR-20551030 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil ; Hlth Native Communities Partnership Inc, Shiprock, NM 87420 USA ; Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Publ Policy & Collect Hlth, BR-11065240 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; NIH: U261HS300293 ; NIH: U261IHS0036 ; NIH: 5R01NR015241-02 ; Web of Science