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Laura E R Peters1,2,3,4, Geordan Shannon2, Ilan Kelman1,2,5
1Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, London, UK.
Global Health Promotion
|November 22, 2021
Summary
This study introduces
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Community Health Promotion
- Health Equity
Background:
- Traditional community health promotion models are often top-down or burden marginalized communities.
- Existing approaches fail to adequately support community-led health initiatives.
- There's a need for effective strategies that empower communities in health pursuits.
Approach:
- Reviews evolving understandings of community health: conceptualization (negative to positive), social determination, and promotion (top-down to bottom-up).
- Introduces 'resourcefulness' as a novel approach to enhance positive community health.
- Examines tensions in community health promotion: resources vs. sustainability, interdependence vs. autonomy, and diversity vs. inclusion.
Key Points:
- Resourcefulness strengthens positive health by addressing core community health promotion tensions.
- It emphasizes process-based, place-based, and relational strategies for health initiatives.
- Practical suggestions are offered for external organizations to implement resourcefulness.
Conclusions:
- Resourcefulness offers a pathway to sustainable and self-sustaining positive community health.
- This approach fosters genuine community empowerment and agency in health promotion.
- It challenges conventional methods by prioritizing community assets and relational dynamics.
Keywords:
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