Activism, Advocacy, and Accompaniment

Behavioral Interventions Contributing to Reducing Poverty and Inequities

“… – Policymakers – Community/Civic Organizations – Advocates – Providing information and enhancing skills – Enhancing services and supports – Modifying access, barriers, and opportunities Level: Individual/Community Implementation and evaluation of a community concerns report method for local agenda setting in a low-income neighborhood (Schriner and Fawcett, 1988 ). – Policymakers – Universities – Community/Civic Organizations – Advocates – Providing information and enhancing skills – Enhancing services and supports – Modifying access, barriers, and opportunities Level: Community Construction of cultural practices consistent with social justice (Biglan, 1995 , 2015 , 2016 , 2020 ) – Policymakers – Behavioral scientists – Activists – Community members – Providing guidelines for changing cultural practices to support a just and inclusive society Level: Societal Outline of advocacy practices supporting social justice as defined by fair dispersal of benefits and burdens in society (Ardila Sánchez, Richling, et al 2020b ; Mattaini et al, 2020 ; Mattaini & Roose, 2021 ; Devlin-Foltz et al, 2012 ) – Policymakers – Behavioral scientists – Activists – Teachers – Community members – Presenting analytic and evaluative tools for advocacy consistent with economic justice with specific emphasis on systemic analysis and experimentation Level: Community/Societal Implementation and evaluation of the Programa Bolsa Familia , a program in Brazil that provides direct and conditional support for families experiencing poverty (Fava & Vasconcelos, 2017 ). – Families – Policymakers – Education/Schools – Health Organizations – Providing financial contingencies, information and enhancing skills – Enhancing services and supports – Modifying access, barriers, and opportunities – Changing consequences Level: Relationships/Societal Implementation of Opportunity NYC, a government sponsored program based on Programa Bolsa Familia , to provide direct and conditional support for families experiencing poverty (Holtyn et al, 2017 ) – Families – Policymakers – Education/Schools – Health Organizations – Attempted to use financial incentives producing minimal results Level: Relationships/Societal Promotion of intersectoral action to address chronic poverty and social exclusion (Freitas Lemos & Todorov, …”