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This title in other formats:Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological Advances from Community Psychologyby Tracey A. Revenson
Synopses & ReviewsBook News Annotation:Focusing on intervention and prevention research, ecological
assessment, and culturally anchored research, these eleven papers
discuss the methodological difficulties related to each area and
describe innovative techniques for addressing them. Particular
chapters discuss prevention programs, unemployment, early educational
intervention, neighborhood contexts, community disorder, the mental
health system, early childhood friendship, mutual aid organizations,
focus groups, and American Indian adolescents. Contributors include
psychologists, sociologists, criminal justice scholars, and public
health workers.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:During the past quarter century, community psychologists have worked to make relevant contributions to human welfare in community settings and to effect social change. Working with and in schools, neighborhood organizations, religious institutions, social programs, and government agencies, the community psychologist has come to understand how social settings and social policy influence behavior and foster change that promotes individual health and well-being. Using a social ecological paradigm as their guiding framework, they focus on the interactions between persons and their environments, cultural diversity, and local empowerment for understanding organizational, community, and social change. Community psychologists have relied on multiple methods of obtaining data but more often, they have had to develop new methodologies or adapt existing ones. These innovative methods have been recorded in the American Journal of Community Psychology throughout the years of its history and have changed the way that researchers in the field have gathered data. Some of the areas covered in this volume include: - intervention; - prevention research; - ecological assessment; and - culturally anchored research. This volume will be of interest to community, developmental, social and clinical psychologists, public health and behavioral medicine researchers, cultural intervention researchers, and community mental health and health workers. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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