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100 1 _aMurphy, John W.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCommunity-Based Interventions
_h[electronic resource] :
_bPhilosophy and Action /
_cby John W. Murphy.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aVII, 169 p. 1 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aInternational Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Philosophy and Community-based Interventions -- The Dimensions of a Community -- Community-based Organizations -- A New Epidemiology -- Research and Community -- The Conceptual Flow of a Community-based Project -- Leadership from Below -- Social Interventions and Justice -- Conclusion.
520 _aFor decades, community-centered social services have been promoted as an admirable ideal. Yet the concept of decentralized services delivered where people live has proved to be an elusive ideal as well, with the promise of empowerment often giving way to disinterest and apathy. Community-Based Interventions 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: Redefining community: the social dimensions. A new epidemiology to inform community work. The role of research in designing community interventions. The conceptual flow of a community-based project. Building autonomy through leadership from below. Relating social interventions to social justice. Attuned to the current era of health and mental health reform, Community-Based Interventions 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.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 0 _aSocial policy.
650 0 _aSocial work.
650 0 _aPsychology, clinical.
650 0 _aApplied psychology.
650 1 4 _aSocial Sciences.
650 2 4 _aSocial Work.
650 2 4 _aCommunity and Environmental Psychology.
650 2 4 _aNon-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Responsibility.
650 2 4 _aHealth Psychology.
650 2 4 _aSocial Policy.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781489980199
830 0 _aInternational Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-8020-5
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