A Community Practice Model for Community Psychologists and Some Examples of the Application of Community Practice Skills from the Partnerships for Success Initiative in Ohio

This paper provides an opportunity to consider the concept of community practice from the vantage point of community psychology. The author argues that community psychology has significant potential to change organizations, communities, and other settings to benefit setting occupants. However, it is...

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Published in:American journal of community psychology 2006-03, Vol.37 (1-2), p.77-93
Main Author: Julian, David A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Communities
Community
Community Involvement
community practice
Community psychologists
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental health
Models, Organizational
Ohio
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Partnerships
Partnerships for Success
Practice
Practice Patterns, Physicians
practice settings
practice skills
Psychologists
Psychology - education
Psychology, Social - organization & administration
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social change
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social psychology
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Summary:This paper provides an opportunity to consider the concept of community practice from the vantage point of community psychology. The author argues that community psychology has significant potential to change organizations, communities, and other settings to benefit setting occupants. However, it is the author's contention that the full realization of this potential is contingent upon an organized effort to engage in formal community practice. The author defines community practice in terms of four skill sets related to mobilization, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The author also describes settings that might support community practice and discusses implications for training and the field of community psychology in general. Finally, the author illustrates several community practice skills and roles in the context of a local community‐based initiative in Ohio called Partnerships for Success.
ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1007/s10464-005-9004-5