Mabetha, DennyOjewola, TemitopeVan Der Merwe, MariaMabeka, ReflectGoosen, GerhardSigudla, JerryHove, JenniferWitter, SophieD'Ambruoso, Lucia2023-05-182023-05-182023-05-17Mabetha, D, Ojewola, T, Van Der Merwe, M, Mabeka, R, Goosen, G, Sigudla, J, Hove, J, Witter, S & D'Ambruoso, L 2023, 'Realising radical potential : building community power in primary health care through Participatory Action Research', International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 22, 94. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2292188/v1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01894-71475-9276ORCID: /0000-0002-8505-3368/work/135638217https://hdl.handle.net/2164/20750Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank community, government, and non-governmental stakeholder participants for agreeing to be part of the process, and for sharing their time, knowledge, and perspectives. Thanks also to the Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR) team and staff of the Medical Research Council (MRC)/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), especially Simon Khoza, Sizzy Ngobeni, Ella Sihlangu and Rhian Twine. Funding The study is funded by the Joint Health Systems Research Initiative from the Department for International Development/MRC/Welcome Trust/Economic and Social Research Council (MR/P014844/1). The work is nested within the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), supported by the University of the Witwatersrand and Medical Research Council, South Africa. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.224658500engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingcommunity participationparticipatory action researchpowerSouth AfricaRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive MedicineMedical Research Council (MRC)MR/P014844/1Supplementary InformationRA0421Journal article10.21203/rs.3.rs-2292188/v122