More Thoughts: On the Spirit of Community Psychology

Kelly, James G.

doi:10.1007/s10464-010-9305-1

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“…James Kelly (2007; 2008; 2010) has emphasized an ecological approach to community psychology with developing settings that assist individuals to address developmental and social challenges. Community psychology has also emphasized both the importance of social context, methods of measuring it, and developing interventions that are above the individual level and acknowledge that health behaviors are complex and historically and culturally situated.…”

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Neighborhoods and HIV: A social ecological approach to prevention and care.

Latkin¹,

German²,

Vlahov³

et al. 2013

American Psychologist

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Neighborhood factors have been linked to HIV risk behaviors, HIV counseling and testing, and HIV medical care. However, the social–psychological mechanisms that connect neighborhood factors to HIV-related behaviors have not been fully determined. In this paper we review the research on neighborhood factors and HIV-related behaviors, approaches to measuring neighborhoods, and mechanism that may help to explain how the physical and social environment within neighborhoods may lead to HIV related behaviors. We then discuss organizational, geographic, and social network approaches to intervene in neighborhoods to reduce HIV transmission and facilitate HIV medical care with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality and increasing social and psychological well-being.

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Section: Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhoods and HIV: A social ecological approach to prevention and care.

Latkin¹,

German²,

Vlahov³

et al. 2013

American Psychologist

125

122

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“…In addition, by working within the local cultural context, this type of collaboration would increase the ecological validity and minimise the unintended consequences of aid interventions (Kelly, 2010). They were harnessing their capacity as families, organisations, social groups, and villages to respond to their needs using methods that emerged from cultural beliefs, norms, and practices.…”

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Culture, local capacity, and outside aid: a community perspective on disaster response after the 2009 tsunami in American Sāmoa

Binder¹,

Baker

2016

Disasters

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Research on diverse cultural contexts has indicated that aid organisations often fail to leverage local, culturally-grounded resources and capacities in disaster-affected communities. Case-study methodology was employed to explore the relationship between local and external disaster response efforts in American Sāmoa following the earthquake and tsunami on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean, with a specific focus on the role of culture in defining that relationship. Interview and focus group data from 37 participants, along with observational data, suggested that the local response to the event was swift and grounded in Samoan cultural systems and norms. External aid was viewed as helpful in some respects, although, on the whole, it was seen as a disruption to village hierarchies, social networks, and local response efforts. The study discusses the implications for the role of outside aid in diverse cultural contexts, and makes suggestions for improving the ecological fit of post-disaster interventions.

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“…Reading first person accounts about the trials and achievements of others can be motivating for community psychologists. Oral histories are one resource to sanction ''story telling'' as an essential part of being a community psychologist (Kelly, 2002). Oral histories can keep us honest and inspire the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) member to continue to venture forward.…”

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Pluralistic inquiry for the history of community psychology

Kelly

Chang

2008

Journal Community Psychology

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The authors present the case not only for studying the history of community psychology but also of adopting a pluralistic approach to historical inquiry, using multiple methods and access to resources from other disciplines (e.g., historians of science and social historians). Examples of substantive topics and methods, including social network and citation analyses, oral histories and narratives, larger cultural forces, and investigative reporting, that can illuminate historical issues are discussed. Current resources for the study of the history of community psychology are identified. Recommendations for the continued study of the history of community psychology are also presented. C 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.But history is arguably the best method of enlarging experience in such a way as to command the widest possible consensus on what the significance of that experience might be. (John Lewis Gaddis, 2002, p. 9) Psychology and history are interlinked in various ways. It is well understood what purpose is served by research in psychology, particularly in community psychology.We would like to thank the following individuals who read early or later drafts and provided salient information:

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More Thoughts: On the Spirit of Community Psychology

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Neighborhoods and HIV: A social ecological approach to prevention and care.

Neighborhoods and HIV: A social ecological approach to prevention and care.

Culture, local capacity, and outside aid: a community perspective on disaster response after the 2009 tsunami in American Sāmoa

Pluralistic inquiry for the history of community psychology

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