Open AccessTheory. Community-building: from local wisdom to public policy
Author(s) -
Angela Glover Blackwell,
Raymond Colmenar
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public health reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.202
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-2877
pISSN - 0033-3549
DOI - 10.1093/phr/115.2.161
Subject(s) - poverty , public health , work (physics) , sociology , political science , public policy , community participation , public relations , public administration , economic growth , gerontology , medicine , socioeconomics , nursing , law , economics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The authors argue that social changes have caused the rupture of communal life in our neighborhoods and that the answer is community-building: strengthening communities holistically, fostering participation and problem-solving, addressing issues of bigotry and poverty, and engaging institutions to work as partners with residents.