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Advancing the science of community-level interventions.

TitleAdvancing the science of community-level interventions.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsTrickett, Edison J., Sarah Beehler, Charles Deutsch, Lawrence W. Green, Penelope Hawe, Kenneth McLeroy, Robin Lin Miller, Bruce D. Rapkin, Jean J. Schensul, Amy J. Schulz, and Joseph E. Trimble
JournalAmerican journal of public health
Volume101
Issue8
Pagination1410-9
Date Published2011 Aug
ISSN1541-0048
KeywordsConsumer Participation, Health Promotion, Humans, Public Health, Social Welfare
AbstractCommunity interventions are complex social processes that need to move beyond single interventions and outcomes at individual levels of short-term change. A scientific paradigm is emerging that supports collaborative, multilevel, culturally situated community interventions aimed at creating sustainable community-level impact. This paradigm is rooted in a deep history of ecological and collaborative thinking across public health, psychology, anthropology, and other fields of social science. The new paradigm makes a number of primary assertions that affect conceptualization of health issues, intervention design, and intervention evaluation. To elaborate the paradigm and advance the science of community intervention, we offer suggestions for promoting a scientific agenda, developing collaborations among professionals and communities, and examining the culture of science.
Alternate JournalAm J Public Health

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