Advancing the Science of Community-Level Interventions

Community 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 sustaina...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2011-08, Vol.101 (8), p.1410-1419
Main Authors: TRICKETT, Edison J, BEEHLER, Sarah, TRIMBLE, Joseph E, DEUTSCH, Charles, GREEN, Lawrence W, HAWE, Penelope, MCLEROY, Kenneth, LIN MILLER, Robin, RAPKIN, Bruce D, SCHENSUL, Jean J, SCHULZ, Amy J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Biological and medical sciences
Collaboration
Community
Community Participation
Design
Disease control
Framing Health Matters
General aspects
Health disparities
Health Promotion
Humans
Interdisciplinary aspects
Intervention
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
R&D
Research & development
Science
Sexual behavior
Social sciences
Social Welfare
Sociology
Studies
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Summary:Community 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.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300113