TY - JOUR
T1 - Using empowerment theory in collaborative partnerships for community health and development
AU - Fawcett, Stephen B.
AU - Paine-Andrews, Adrienne
AU - Francisco, Vincent T.
AU - Schultz, Jerry A.
AU - Richter, Kimber P.
AU - Lewis, Rhonda K.
AU - Williams, Ella L.
AU - Harris, Kari J.
AU - Berkley, Jannette Y.
AU - Fisher, Jacqueline L.
AU - Lopez, Christine M.
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - Models of community empowerment help us understand the process of gaining influence over conditions that matter to people who share neighborhoods, workplaces, experiences, or concerns. Such frameworks can help improve collaborative partnerships for community health and development. First, we outline an interactive model of community empowerment that describes reciprocal influences between personal or group factors and environmental factors in an empowerment process. Second, we describe an iterative framework for the process of empowerment in community partnerships that includes collaborative planning, community action, community change, capacity building, and outcomes, and adaptation, renewal, and institutionalization. Third, we outline activities that are used by community leadership and support organizations to facilitate the process of community empowerment. Fourth, we present case stories of collaborative partnerships for prevention of substance abuse among adolescents to illustrate selected enabling activities. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of facilitating empowerment with collaborative partnerships for community health and development.
AB - Models of community empowerment help us understand the process of gaining influence over conditions that matter to people who share neighborhoods, workplaces, experiences, or concerns. Such frameworks can help improve collaborative partnerships for community health and development. First, we outline an interactive model of community empowerment that describes reciprocal influences between personal or group factors and environmental factors in an empowerment process. Second, we describe an iterative framework for the process of empowerment in community partnerships that includes collaborative planning, community action, community change, capacity building, and outcomes, and adaptation, renewal, and institutionalization. Third, we outline activities that are used by community leadership and support organizations to facilitate the process of community empowerment. Fourth, we present case stories of collaborative partnerships for prevention of substance abuse among adolescents to illustrate selected enabling activities. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of facilitating empowerment with collaborative partnerships for community health and development.
KW - coalitions
KW - collaboration
KW - community development
KW - empowerment
KW - health
KW - prevention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=18044399904&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/BF02506987
DO - 10.1007/BF02506987
M3 - Article
C2 - 8851345
AN - SCOPUS:18044399904
SN - 0091-0562
VL - 23
SP - 677
EP - 697
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 5
ER -
