Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London | Zendy

Matthew Bolton | Zendy; Imogen Moore | Zendy; Ana Beatriz Maehashi Ferreira | Zendy; Crispin Day | Zendy; Derek Bolton | Zendy

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Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London

Author(s) -

Matthew Bolton,

Imogen Moore,

Ana Beatriz Maehashi Ferreira,

Crispin Day,

Derek Bolton

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv017

Subject(s) - community engagement , nice , excellence , community health , social capital , public health , intervention (counseling) , public engagement , community organization , community development , public relations , sociology , medicine , nursing , psychology , medical education , gerontology , political science , social science , computer science , law , programming language

The importance of community engagement in health is widely recognized, and key themes in UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for enhancing community engagement are co-production and community control. This study reports an innovative approach to community engagement using the community-organizing methodology, applied in an intervention of social support to increase social capital, reduce stress and improve well-being in mothers who were pregnant and/or with infants aged 0-2 years.

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