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Marzana D, Novara C, De Piccoli N, Cardinali P, Migliorini L, Di Napoli I, Guidi E, Fedi A, Rollero C, Agueli B, Esposito C, Marta E, González Leone F, Guazzini A, Meringolo P, Arcidiacono C, Procentese F. Community dimensions and emotions in the era of COVID-19. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 32:358-373. [PMID: 34518754 PMCID: PMC8427116 DOI: 10.1002/casp.2560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Following an ecological perspective, reactions to a disaster—such as the COVID‐19 pandemic—should be analysed in the interdependence between individual and community dimensions. The present study aims to analyse individual emotional dimensions (anxiety, joy, fear or depressive feelings) and their community dimensions (connectedness, emotional sharing and solidarity) with a longitudinal approach among university students from Italian universities. Participants were 746 university students at t1 (during the lockdown) and 361 at t2 (after the lockdown) recruited in six Italian universities from different areas of Italy. Comparing emotional dimensions in the two times, t2 is characterized by a generalized ambiguity: both happiness or joy because of the end of limitations and a kind of ‘post‐lockdown anxiety’ because of a sense of individual inadequacy in facing the return to normality, conducting daily activities and attending community spaces. Data confirms that after the so‐called ‘honeymoon phase’ in community dimensions (first phase of t1 time), a sort of ‘depressive reaction’ arises at t2: Italian university students seem more aware of the need for individual and social responsibility and that many events are not under their personal control. The reconstruction phase and exit from the emergency are perceived as necessary but also as a difficult and risky period. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.
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- Daniela Marzana
- Department of Psychology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life Brescia Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Education Science University of Genoa Genova Italy
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- Department of Education Science University of Genoa Genova Italy
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- Department of Education, Languages, Intercultural studies, Literatures and Psychology, and Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics (CSDC) University of Florence Florence Italy
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- Department of Psychology University of Torino Torino Italy
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- Department of Psychology University of Torino Torino Italy
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- Department of Humanities University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- Department of Humanities University of Naples Federico II Napoli Italy
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- Department of Psychology Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and CERISVICO Research Centre on Community Development and Organisational Quality of Life Brescia Italy
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- Department of Education, Languages, Intercultural studies, Literatures and Psychology, and Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics (CSDC) University of Florence Florence Italy
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- Department of Education, Languages, Intercultural studies, Literatures and Psychology, and Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics (CSDC) University of Florence Florence Italy
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Ding Y, Pulford J, Bates I. Practical actions for fostering cross-disciplinary global health research: lessons from a narrative literature review. BMJ Glob Health 2021; 5:bmjgh-2020-002293. [PMID: 32354784 PMCID: PMC7213812 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Introduction Global health research involves disciplines within and beyond the health sciences. A cross-disciplinary collaborative research approach enables an interchange of knowledge and experience and stimulates innovative responses to complex health challenges. However, there is little robust evidence to guide the design and implementation of cross-disciplinary research in global health, hampering effective collective action. This review synthesised evidence on practical actions for fostering cross-disciplinary research to provide guidance on the design and implementation of research in global health. Methods We searched five electronic databases using key words. The search included original research and research notes articles in English. We used a framework adapted from the socio-ecological model and thematic synthesis for data analysis. Results Thirty-six original research and 27 research notes articles were included in the review. These were predominantly from high-income countries and indicated that practical actions on fostering cross-disciplinary research are closely linked to leadership and teamwork which should be planned and implemented at research team and institutional levels. The publications also indicated that individual qualities such as being receptive to new ideas and funders’ power and influence have practical implications for conducting cross-disciplinary research. Practical actions that individuals, research team leaders, academic institutions and funders can undertake to foster cross-disciplinary research were identified. Conclusion Our review found evidence from high-income countries, not low-and-middle-income countries, about practices that can improve cross-disciplinary research in global health. Critical knowledge gaps exist around how leadership and teamwork processes can better integrate expertise from different disciplines to make cross-disciplinary research more effective.
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- Yan Ding
- Centre for Capacity Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre for Capacity Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Centre for Capacity Research, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Castelli DM. Evidence of the Essential Components: Modeling Transdisciplinary Team Science to Improve Physical Education. RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT 2021; 92:199-201. [PMID: 34009090 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2021.1877607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sadat Hoseini AS, Khosro Panah A, Razaghi N. Methodology of Interdisciplinary Studies in Nursing Based on Islamic Documents. JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND HEALTH 2021; 60:246-255. [PMID: 32253659 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-020-01013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To meet the needs of people from various cultures, nursing research must be performed on the basis of these cultures. This research aims to invent interdisciplinary research method based on Islamic documents. This method is with three stages: first, to describe a desired concept; second, to define the concept from the viewpoint of humans. Finally, a nursing discipline is achieved on the basis of the human knowledge and its findings, and Islamic documents. Results of this research method assist nurses in offering nursing care with regard to Muslim's beliefs in addition to their culture and customs.
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- Akram Sadat Sadat Hoseini
- Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
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- Pediatric Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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“It’s Hard to Explain.”: Service Providers’ Perspectives on Unaccompanied Minors’ Needs Based on Minors’ Forms of Immigration Relief. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12134-019-00668-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tebes JK. Team Science, Justice, and the Co-Production of Knowledge. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2018; 62:13-22. [PMID: 29882968 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Science increasingly consists of interdisciplinary team-based research to address complex social, biomedical, public health, and global challenges through a practice known as team science. In this article, I discuss the added value of team science, including participatory team science, for generating scientific knowledge. Participatory team science involves the inclusion of public stakeholders on science teams as co-producers of knowledge. I also discuss how constructivism offers a common philosophical foundation for both community psychology and team science, and how this foundation aligns well with contemporary developments in science that emphasize the co-production of knowledge. I conclude with a discussion of how the co-production of knowledge in team science can promote justice.
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- Jacob Kraemer Tebes
- Division of Prevention and Community Research & The Consultation Center, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Campbell R. "It's the Way That You Do It": Developing an Ethical Framework for Community Psychology Research and Action. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2016; 58:294-302. [PMID: 27215185 DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the 50 years since the 1965 Swampscott conference, the field of community psychology has not yet developed a well-articulated ethical framework to guide research and practice. This paper reviews what constitutes an "ethical framework"; considers where the field of community psychology is at in its development of a comprehensive ethical framework; examines sources for ethical guidance (i.e., ethical principles and standards) across multiple disciplines, including psychology, evaluation, sociology, and anthropology; and recommends strategies for developing a rich written discourse on how community psychology researchers and practitioners can address ethical conflicts in our work.
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- Rebecca Campbell
- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Gormley P, Mwamwenda T. Community Psychology and Quality of Life in Tanzania. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2006.10820121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Bishop BJ, Dzidic PL. Dealing with wicked problems: conducting a causal layered analysis of complex social psychological issues. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2014; 53:13-24. [PMID: 24384605 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9611-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Causal layered analysis (CLA) is an emerging qualitative methodology adopted in the discipline of planning as an approach to deconstruct complex social issues. With psychologists increasingly confronted with complex, and "wicked" social and community issues, we argue that the discipline of psychology would benefit from adopting CLA as an analytical method. Until now, the application of CLA for data interpretation has generally been poorly defined and overwhelming for the novice. In this paper we propose an approach to CLA that provides a method for the deconstruction and analysis of complex social psychological issues. We introduce CLA as a qualitative methodology well suited for psychology, introduce the epistemological foundations of CLA, define a space for it adoption within the discipline, and, outline the steps for conducting a CLA using an applied example.
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- Brian J Bishop
- School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia,
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Project SMART: an interdisciplinary collaboration to design and test a mentored health promotion program for school children. J Addict Nurs 2013; 24:20-8. [PMID: 24622526 DOI: 10.1097/jan.0b013e31828767cd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Interdisciplinary collaborations and effective community partnerships can be important in advancing public health initiatives in economically disadvantaged communities. This community-based participatory research pilot study determined the feasibility of designing and implementing Project SMART, a mentored after-school health promotion program for school children in an underserved neighborhood. Interdisciplinary faculty and their students collaborated with community stakeholders to provide a program tailored to address community identified health risks. Preassessment and postassessment of study participants revealed a significant increase in nutrition knowledge among the children and a significant increase in the general health subscale of Short-Form Health Survey for the mentors. Content analysis of interviews conducted with the mentors revealed four themes on the meaning of the experience for them: being present; having purpose; raising personal health consciousness; and transferring life experiences. University faculty and students strengthened their relationships in the community and their ability to conduct community-based participatory research. The program was a catalyst for other important ongoing changes in the community. The Project SMART program is an initiative that may be applied successfully in other communities where it is important to address environmental health disparities and promote health.
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O'Donnell CR, Tharp RG. Integrating cultural community psychology: activity settings and the shared meanings of intersubjectivity. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2012; 49:22-30. [PMID: 21404068 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-011-9434-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cultural and community psychology share a common emphasis on context, yet their leading journals rarely cite each other's articles. Greater integration of the concepts of culture and community within and across their disciplines would enrich and facilitate the viability of cultural community psychology. The contextual theory of activity settings is proposed as one means to integrate the concepts of culture and community in cultural community psychology. Through shared activities, participants develop common experiences that affect their psychological being, including their cognitions, emotions, and behavioral development. The psychological result of these experiences is intersubjectivity. Culture is defined as the shared meanings that people develop through their common historic, linguistic, social, economic, and political experiences. The shared meanings of culture arise through the intersubjectivity developed in activity settings. Cultural community psychology presents formidable epistemological challenges, but overcoming these challenges could contribute to the transformation and advancement of community psychology.
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McCormack MM. Interfaith Relations in the United States: Toward a Multilevel Community Psychology Approach. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/casp.2107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mark M. McCormack
- Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; Peabody #90, 230 Appleton Place; Nashville; TN 37203-5721; USA
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Wallerstein NB, Yen IH, Syme SL. Integration of social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions to improve health equity. Am J Public Health 2011; 101:822-30. [PMID: 21421960 PMCID: PMC3076386 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2008.140988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The past quarter century has seen an explosion of concern about widening health inequities in the United States and worldwide. These inequities are central to the research mission in 2 arenas of public health: social epidemiology and community-engaged interventions. Yet only modest success has been achieved in eliminating health inequities. We advocate dialogue and reciprocal learning between researchers with these 2 perspectives to enhance emerging transdisciplinary language, support new approaches to identifying research questions, and apply integrated theories and methods. We recommend ways to promote transdisciplinary training, practice, and research through creative academic opportunities as well as new funding and structural mechanisms.
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- Nina B Wallerstein
- Master of Public Health Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131, USA.
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Mankowski ES, Galvez G, Glass N. Interdisciplinary linkage of community psychology and cross-cultural psychology: history, values, and an illustrative research and action project on intimate partner violence. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 47:127-143. [PMID: 21052822 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9377-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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An analysis of the respective organizational histories, missions, and scholarly activity of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and the Society for Community Research and Action was conducted in order to inform the development of interdisciplinary linkages between members of the two organizations. The analysis revealed many points of shared values and actions, as well as some important differences. Both scholarly organizations developed out of a similar historical and cultural zeitgeist in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The missions emphasize the role of culture/diversity in psychological phenomena, adopting an interdisciplinary orientation, the value of collaboration, the importance of research method and ethics, and the value of action research. However, community psychology generally lacks an adequate treatment of cultural phenomena while cross-cultural psychology often fails to draw on community and participatory methods useful for understanding culture in context. These common roots and differences are examined. Finally, we describe a community based, participatory research and intervention project to address intimate partner violence among Latinos and European-Americans living in Oregon. Analysis of the research process and on some of our initial findings illustrates challenges and potential benefits of an interdisciplinary, cultural community psychology.
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- Eric S Mankowski
- Department of Psychology, Portland State University, OR 97207-0751, USA.
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Okazaki S, Saw A. Culture in Asian American community psychology: beyond the East-West binary. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 47:144-156. [PMID: 20978838 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9368-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In response to a call to better integrate culture in community psychology (O'Donnell in American Journal of Community Psychology 37:1-7 2006), we offer a cultural-community framework to facilitate a collaborative engagement between community psychologists and ethnic minority communities, focusing on Asian American communities as illustrations. Extending Hays' (Addressing cultural complexities in practice: Assessment, diagnosis, and therapy, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2008) ADDRESSING framework for considering cultural influences on a counseling relationship, the proposed framework provides a broad but systematic guidepost for considering three major cultural-ecological influences on Asian American communities: Race and Ethnicity (R), Culture (C), and Immigration and Transnational Ties (I). We provide a sequence of steps that incorporate the ADDRESSING and the RCI frameworks to facilitate the collaborative community-based research or social action.
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- Sumie Okazaki
- Department of Applied Psychology, New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York, 10003, USA.
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Reyes Cruz M, Sonn CC. (De)colonizing culture in community psychology: reflections from critical social science. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 47:203-214. [PMID: 21052821 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9378-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Since its inception, community psychology has been interested in cultural matters relating to issues of diversity and marginalization. However, the field has tended to understand culture as static social markers or as the background for understanding group differences. In this article the authors contend that culture is inseparable from who we are and what we do as social beings. Moreover, culture is continually shaped by socio-historical and political processes intertwined within the globalized history of power. The authors propose a decolonizing standpoint grounded in critical social science to disrupt understandings of cultural matters that marginalize others. This standpoint would move the field toward deeper critical thinking, reflexivity and emancipatory action. The authors present their work to illustrate how they integrate a decolonizing standpoint to community psychology research and teaching. They conclude that community psychology must aim towards intercultural work engaging its political nature from a place of ontological/epistemological/methodological parity.
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- Mariolga Reyes Cruz
- Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico,
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Kral MJ, Ramírez García JI, Aber MS, Masood N, Dutta U, Todd NR. Culture and community psychology: toward a renewed and reimagined vision. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 47:46-57. [PMID: 21069565 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9367-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Interest is growing in community psychology to look more closely at culture. Culture has resided in community psychology in its emphasis on context, ecology, and diversity, however we believe that the field will benefit from a more explicit focus on culture. We suggest a cultural approach that values the community's points of view and an understanding of shared and divergent meanings, goals, and norms within a theory of empowerment. Furthermore, we posit the importance of pluralistic, multi-method programs of research and action encompassing both idiographic and nomothetic approaches, and critical reflexivity of our roles and agendas. Culture can be further incorporated into all the branches and fibers of community psychology.
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- Michael J Kral
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61820, USA.
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Haines VA, Godley J, Hawe P. Understanding interdisciplinary collaborations as social networks. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 47:1-11. [PMID: 21063766 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9374-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The dynamics of interdisciplinary collaboration invite further investigation if we are to make this endeavour more rewarding and productive. We are using social network analysis to track the development of a new interdisciplinary collaboration on complex interventions to improve population health. It involves nineteen scholars across four countries. We report the Baseline network of formal relationships among the scholars, along with the impact of the collaboration on these relationships in the first 18 months. We observed statistically significant increases in the density of six types of relationship networks: citing publications by other members of the collaboration, email contact, meeting with each other (outside of the formal annual meeting), visiting one another's institution, submitting research grants together and working on research projects together. The initial strategic role in the network of key 'gate keepers' has not altered substantially (betweenness centralization of the networks), but reciprocity has increased, that is, people are more likely to cite those who have cited them and work together. Increased collaboration is also reflected in the rise in number of subgroups over time and the increase in the average number of subgroup memberships. Use of social network analysis to understand the dynamics of interdisciplinary collaborations is a relatively new field. It invites reflection about what the optimal network structures for interdisciplinary collaborations would look like.
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PURPOSE The study aims to explore the meaning of interdisciplinary collaboration within the context of health care. ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK Rodgers' Evolutionary View of Concept Analysis was employed to identify attributes, antecedents, and consequences of interdisciplinary collaboration. METHODS Utilizing an inductive approach, a systematic review of the literature was undertaken in August 2007 to clarify the current use of interdisciplinary collaboration in health care. FINDINGS Interdisciplinary collaboration is commonly described using the terms problem-focused process, sharing, and working together. The elements that must be in place before interdisciplinary collaboration can be successful are interprofessional education, role awareness, interpersonal relationship skills, deliberate action, and support. Consequences of interdisciplinary collaboration are beneficial for the patient, the organization, and the healthcare provider. CONCLUSIONS A comprehensive definition of interdisciplinary collaboration within the context of health care is presented as an outcome of this analysis. It is recommended that further inquiry in this area focus on the development of valid measures to accurately evaluate interdisciplinary collaboration in health care.
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- Laura Petri
- Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, NW, Washington, DC, USA.
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Turpin G, Coleman G. Clinical Psychology and Diversity: Progress and Continuing Challenges. PSYCHOLOGY LEARNING AND TEACHING-PLAT 2010. [DOI: 10.2304/plat.2010.9.2.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The diversity of the clinical psychology workforce is an important contributing factor in ensuring that clients are able to access services that can reflect their own particular culture and personal identities, and also to allow the possibility of choice surrounding diversity across therapists and psychologists. Unfortunately the make up of clinical psychology trainees frequently does not reflect the population demographics of the communities within which training courses are located or serve. This mismatch has been recognised for many years both within clinical psychology and other healthcare professions. Despite various attempts at promoting diversity and equality within the profession, there is a widespread recognition that insufficient progress has been made, and the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP) in particular, promoted a series of projects looking at selection and widening access across professional psychology training courses, culminating in a Professional Practice Board (PPB) Report that was published in 2004. In addition, through initiatives supported by the Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology, various research and other practical projects were established. The purpose of this paper is to review the PPB Report and associated projects and to informally assess their impact. Finally, there is recognition that not only should the workforce be representative but psychologists and therapists ought to be culturally aware and trained to work with difference despite their own particular identities as individuals and therapists. Accordingly, we will also review initiatives to promote cultural awareness and sensitivity within clinical psychology training.
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Wharf Higgins J, Begoray D, MacDonald M. A social ecological conceptual framework for understanding adolescent health literacy in the health education classroom. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 44:350-362. [PMID: 19838790 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9270-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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With the rising concern over chronic health conditions and their prevention and management, health literacy is emerging as an important public health issue. As with the development of other forms of literacy, the ability for students to be able to access, understand, evaluate and communicate health information is a skill best developed during their years of public schooling. Health education curricula offer one approach to develop health literacy, yet little is known about its influence on neither students nor their experiences within an educational context. In this article, we describe our experience applying a social ecological model to investigating the implementation of a health education curriculum in four high schools in British Columbia, Canada. We used the model to guide a conceptual understanding of health literacy, develop research questions, select data collection strategies, and interpret the findings. Reflections and recommendations for using the model are offered.
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- Joan Wharf Higgins
- School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, PO Box 3015, STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P1, Canada.
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García-Ramírez M, Paloma V, Suarez-Balcazar Y, Balcazar F. Building international collaborative capacity: contributions of community psychologists to a European network. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 44:116-122. [PMID: 19533330 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9247-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Europe is in the process of building a more participative, just, and inclusive European Union. The European Social Fund, which is an initiative developed to actively promote multinational partnerships that address pressing social issues, is a good example of the European transformation. This article describes the steps taken to develop and evaluate the activities of an international network promoting collaborative capacity among regional partners involved in the prevention of labor discrimination toward immigrants in three European countries-Spain, Belgium, and Italy. An international team of community psychologists proposed an empowering approach to assess the collaborative capacity of the network. This approach consisted of three steps: (1) establishing a collaborative relationship among partners, (2) building collaborative capacity, and (3) evaluating the collaborative capacity of the network. We conclude with lessons learned from the process and provide recommendations for addressing the challenges inherent in international collaboration processes.
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- Manuel García-Ramírez
- Departamento de Psicología Social (Facultad de Psicología), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
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Trickett EJ. Multilevel community-based culturally situated interventions and community impact: an ecological perspective. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 43:257-66. [PMID: 19333751 DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9227-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The purpose of this paper is to apply an ecological perspective to the conduct of multilevel community-based culturally-situated interventions. After a discussion of the emerging consensus about the value of approaching such interventions ecologically, the paper outlines a series of questions stimulated by an ecological perspective that can guide further theory development in conducting multilevel interventions. These questions all derive from the importance of assessing the local community ecology where the intervention occurs. The paper concludes with a series of topics which, taken together, provide a roadmap for further conceptual development of multilevel interventions as vehicles for long-range community impact.
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- Edison J Trickett
- Department of Psychology (MC285), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607-7137, USA.
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Stokols D, Hall KL, Taylor BK, Moser RP. The science of team science: overview of the field and introduction to the supplement. Am J Prev Med 2008; 35:S77-89. [PMID: 18619407 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 454] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 05/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The science of team science encompasses an amalgam of conceptual and methodologic strategies aimed at understanding and enhancing the outcomes of large-scale collaborative research and training programs. This field has emerged rapidly in recent years, largely in response to growing concerns about the cost effectiveness of public- and private-sector investments in team-based science and training initiatives. The distinctive boundaries and substantive concerns of this field, however, have remained difficult to discern. An important challenge for the field is to characterize the science of team science more clearly in terms of its major theoretical, methodologic, and translational concerns. The articles in this supplement address this challenge, especially in the context of designing, implementing, and evaluating cross-disciplinary research initiatives. This introductory article summarizes the major goals and organizing themes of the supplement, draws links between the constituent articles, and identifies new areas of study within the science of team science.
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- Daniel Stokols
- School of Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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