Power & Belonging
How agency and power are fueled by belonging and how belonging requires agency and power
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Agency, Belonging & Health
These posts are associated with the following project(s): Agency, Belonging & Health
Our Article in Health Affairs on Community Power
Building on theoretical and empirical research, we describe what community power is and why it’s fundamental to structural change and health equity
A Model Linking Community Engagement, Health Improvement and Community Power
How the health sector can foster the individual and social outcomes that are key to a community having power
How the Experts Think about Power and Belonging
From middle-class prejudice and John Henryism to how power works and what exactly is change
Mapping Empirical Research to the Theories
Knowing which theories linking community power and health are backed by empirical research may inform your theory of change
Observations on the Research into Community Power
The things that stood out from the 81 articles classified as medium or low quality
How Community Power Influences Health
Beyond health outcomes, there are changes in the community members involved and the social fabric between them
The Theories Connecting Community Power to Health
A synthesis of the many theories on how community power can reduce inequities in health
The Evidence Linking Community Power to Health
The research I’ve been doing since February 2020 and how Popay’s 2006 model on community engagement helped
The Evidence Linking Community Agency & Health
It’s messy, some of it is good, and there is an encouraging uniformity to the findings
What I’m Doing in 2020
Looking at the medical literature to see whether having agency (A) and a sense of belonging (B) can change (C) the odds on health
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