Exploring the Potential of Social Network Analysis in Asset-based Community Development Practice and Research

Ennis, Gretchen; West, Deborah

doi:10.1080/0312407x.2010.508167

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“…In the development of asset‐based interventions, the assets of potentially marginalised groups such as older people (particularly in areas of deprivation) can be overlooked (Benenson & Stagg, ; Ennis & West, ). A strength of the CET programme is in highlighting the visibility of older people – both as volunteers and service users – as a community asset and central to the programme's delivery and sustainability (e.g., as customers with spending power or as a source of human and social capital) rather than as passive recipients of help (or worse, as a burden).…”

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confidence: 99%

‘What works here doesn’t work there’: The significance of local context for a sustainable and replicable asset‐based community intervention aimed at promoting social interaction in later life

Wildman

Valtorta

Moffatt

et al. 2019

Health Soc Care Community

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Interventions that harness local assets to benefit a community are increasingly being promoted to improve health and well‐being. In practice, we know little about how local contexts or reliance on local resources affect the sustainability and scalability of asset‐based community developments. This qualitative case study documents the development and implementation of a novel asset‐based community development project. Based in a large mainly rural county in North East England with relatively high levels of socioeconomic deprivation, the project aimed to prevent social isolation among older people, using a range of food‐related activities. Twenty‐one semi‐structured interviews were conducted with service users, volunteers, project partners, project development workers and senior staff. Interviews explored the project's design and implementation process, outcomes for participants and the wider community, and project sustainability and scalability. Thematic analysis of the data identified four factors likely to be important for creating sustainable and replicable asset‐based community projects. These factors are (a) recognising and harnessing assets among local people who may be otherwise marginalised due to age, geographical isolation and/or socioeconomic deprivation; (b) identifying assets that can be provided by local businesses; (c) genuine project co‐production to develop activities that meet local needs and inspire enthusiasm among all stakeholders; and (d) ongoing organisational support to meet the challenges to sustainability that exist in socioeconomically deprived areas. We conclude that successful asset‐based community projects require extensive community input and learning captured from existing programmes can facilitate the replicability of programmes in other community contexts.

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‘What works here doesn’t work there’: The significance of local context for a sustainable and replicable asset‐based community intervention aimed at promoting social interaction in later life

Wildman

Valtorta

Moffatt

et al. 2019

Health Soc Care Community

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“…Overlapping and duplication of strategies should be avoided. Governmental departments, NGOs and businesses should be involved with the community members in the analysis of the livelihood and the development of strategies which are geared towards sustainable outcomes (Burkey, 1993;Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993;Emmett, 2000;Ashford & Patkar, 2001;Carney, 2002;Brocklesby & Fisher, 2003;Mathie & Cunningham, 2003, 2005, 2008Davids et al, 2005;Brueggemann, 2006;Swanepoel & De Beer, 2006;Morse et al, 2009;Scoones, 2009;Ennis & West, 2010;Schenck et al, 2010. ) …”

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An integration of the livelihoods and asset-based community development approaches: A South African case study

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2015

Development Southern Africa

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This study provides an integrated framework and practice model of the sustainable livelihoods (SL) and the asset-based community development (ABCD) approaches. A household survey of a rural village in South Africa is used as a basis of analysis to demonstrate the application of the integrated approach. The results elucidate the vulnerability of the people and a range of interlocking and multi-dimensional factors contributing to poverty in the community. The results also show people's assets, capabilities and activities which enable them to cope and survive despite constraints and shortcomings. It was found that the integrated SL/ABCD framework is a useful framework to understand the strengths of a vulnerable community in order to plan and implement sustainable community development strategies.

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“…In contrast, the ABCD approach positions outside institutions as facilitators to uncover internal strengths and assets that community members can use to address the problems they define as needing attention. Although ABCD has been criticized for not attending to the macro-level causes of disempowerment, the focus on relationship and community-building can mobilize groups for collective action to address root causes of concerns (Ennis & West, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

Teaching Macro Social Work through Experiential Learning: Student Reflections on Lessons Learned in Building School-Community Partnerships

Blitz

Yull

Solá³

et al. 2017

ASW

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Exploring the Potential of Social Network Analysis in Asset-based Community Development Practice and Research

Cited by 70 publications

References 18 publications

‘What works here doesn’t work there’: The significance of local context for a sustainable and replicable asset‐based community intervention aimed at promoting social interaction in later life

‘What works here doesn’t work there’: The significance of local context for a sustainable and replicable asset‐based community intervention aimed at promoting social interaction in later life

An integration of the livelihoods and asset-based community development approaches: A South African case study

Teaching Macro Social Work through Experiential Learning: Student Reflections on Lessons Learned in Building School-Community Partnerships

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