Journal article
Building on Leadership and Social Capital to Create Change in 2 Urban Communities
American journal of public health (1971), v 95(4), pp 596-601
Apr 2005
PMID: 15798115
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Abstract
There has been an appeal to reduce health inequities by increasing community involvement and social capital.
Poder es Salud
/Power for Health is a community-based participatory prevention research project that seeks to address health disparities in the African American and Latino communities by enhancing community-level social capital.
We provide specific examples of how this intervention uses community health workers and popular education to reduce language and cultural barriers and enhance community social capital. Although the communities share fundamental challenges related to health disparities, the ways in which the Latino and African American communities identify health concerns, create solutions, and think about social capital vary. Members of the project are working together to identify opportunities for cross-cultural collaboration.
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- Title
- Building on Leadership and Social Capital to Create Change in 2 Urban Communities
- Creators
- Stephanie A Farquhar - Stephanie A. Farquhar is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University. Yvonne L. Michael is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Capacitation Center at the Multnomah County Health DepartmentYvonne L Michael - Stephanie A. Farquhar is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University. Yvonne L. Michael is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Capacitation Center at the Multnomah County Health DepartmentNoelle Wiggins - Stephanie A. Farquhar is with the School of Community Health, Portland State University. Yvonne L. Michael is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University. Noelle Wiggins is with the Community Capacitation Center at the Multnomah County Health Department
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 95(4), pp 596-601
- Publisher
- American Journal of Public Health 2005
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000227998700014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-15744387090
- Other Identifier
- 991014878072304721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health