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Community-Based Interventions: Philosophy and Action
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Community-Based Interventions: Philosophy and Action
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Community-Based Interventions: Philosophy and Action
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examines the reasons community programs tend to founder and proposes a realistic framework for sustained success. The book's theoretical, philosophical and political foundations begin with the importance of context, as in local knowledge and community self-definition and engagement. Innovative, often startling, approaches to planning, design and implementation begin with the recognition that communities are not "targets" or "locations" to be "fixed," but social realities whose issues require concrete answers. The variety of examples described in these chapters demonstrate the power of community interventions in providing effective services, reducing inequities and giving individuals greater control over their health, their environment and in the long run, their lives. Included in the coverage:
Attuned to the current era of health and mental health reform,
represents a major step forward in its field and makes an inspiring text for social workers, clinical social workers, public health administrators and community activists.