Community-based participatory research and Public Health Palliative Care

The field of Public Health Palliative Care (PHPC) has grown significantly over the past 20 years, since the inception of health-promoting palliative care. While much has been developed and refined in terms of theoretical basis and practice methods, there is an increasing need to consider the research agenda and methods employed to evaluate outcomes and strengthen the evi-dence base for public health approaches to palliative and end-of-life care. In particular, promoting the par-ticipation of underserved and vulnerable populations and understanding the influence of power structures on their representation in research is imperative.