Building Community Capacity to Promote Social and Public Health: Challenges for Universities

Poole, Dennis L.

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“…Particularly since the Great Recession, which led to a reduction in government funding for social services, community-based organizations are working together to fill the resulting gaps in services. Poole (1997) additionally has reminded us of the urgent necessity for social workers to engage collaboratively in community capacity building to address social and health service needs, "to foster conditions that strengthen the characteristics of communities that enable them to plan, develop, implement, and maintain effective community programs" (p. 163).…”

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“…Social service organizations are increasingly operating in a complex context that possesses a great deal of uncertainty (Hardcastle, Powers, & Wenocur, 2011). Poole (1997) suggested that the success of community action geared toward strengthening the community to meet social and health needs requires collaboration among citizens, political, economic, and social welfare leadership, including universities. In this context, social work educators are in a unique position to understand social welfare issues, and to aid lay and professional leaders in analyzing such issues and make good partners in the collaborative process (Poole, 1997).…”

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“…Poole (1997) suggested that the success of community action geared toward strengthening the community to meet social and health needs requires collaboration among citizens, political, economic, and social welfare leadership, including universities. In this context, social work educators are in a unique position to understand social welfare issues, and to aid lay and professional leaders in analyzing such issues and make good partners in the collaborative process (Poole, 1997). Established effective academic and community partnerships enable efficient and effective response to funding opportunities because a longstanding collaborative can respond more Downloaded by [Central Michigan University] at 22:31 18 September 2015 quickly when these opportunities arise (Begun et al, 2010).…”

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Academic and Community Collaborations: An Exploration of Benefits, Barriers and Successes

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2015

Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Gover

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There is increasing recognition that academic and community collaborations enhance the provision of human services and resources. This article provides two case studies of collaboration between academics at Long Island University (LIU) and two distinct organizations in the community, specifically the Lupus Alliance of America, Inc (LAA) and the Nassau County Executive's Task Force on Family Violence (the Family Violence Task Force [FVTF]). It also illustrates the application of the framework described in the literature and offers additional insights into benefits of and barriers to successful collaborations. Based on their experiences, the authors suggest that opportunities for these partnerships are enhanced when faculty members are already engaged in community-based activities.

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Academic and Community Collaborations: An Exploration of Benefits, Barriers and Successes

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2015

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“…However, forming new organisations is rarely a straight-forward process, and it is idealistic to expect community members to form workable organisations without providing the opportunities for them to acquire skills in leadership, decision-making, conflict resolution, developing norms and procedures, and articulating shared visions (Murray and Dunn 1995;Poole 1997). The experience with the table banking groups also demonstrates that some residents in the community (notably women's groups) had already developed more or less effective solutions to some of the problems of trust, identity and leadership that the projects is struggling with in ensuring sustainability.…”

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Combining malaria control with rural electrification : social and behavioural factors that influenced the design, use and sustainability of solar-powered mosquito trapping systems (SMoTS) for malaria elimination on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

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at 11 a.m. in the Aula. IntroductionThe research on which this thesis is based was carried out as part of a multidisciplinary project, "SolarMal", which aimed to evaluate proof of principle for the elimination of malaria from Rusinga Island by augmenting the existing national malaria control programme tools with mass trapping of mosquitoes. As electricity was required to run the mosquito traps and most residents had no electricity, solar systems were also installed, providing lighting and telephone charging as well. Although the main objective of the project was to control malaria and hence a public benefit, the solar-powered mosquito trapping systems (SMoTs) additionally provided a private benefit due to house electrification. Due to this uniqueness, while the theoretical basis of public health research has been based largely on behavioural psychology and biomedical science, this thesis included innovation and social dilemma theories to understand the complex interactions of mobilising diverse actors for social change. The SolarMal project had Entomology, Parasitology, Epidemiology and Health and Demographic Surveillance (HDSS), and Social Sciences components. The research towards this thesis was nested within the Social Studies component of which I was a member. Alongside outcome measures of malaria parasitaemia and entomological data, sociological studies investigated behavioural and contextual factors in the design and use of solar-powered mosquito trapping systems (SMoTS) and how to improve coverage, adherence and sustainability. Sociocultural issues in malaria controlStudies of malaria control have attributed failure of control programmes to limited understanding of social norms and a society's acceptance of intervention campaigns (Spielman 2003). Malaria control initiatives have recognised the important role human behaviour plays in this public health problem (Mwenesi, Harpham et al. 1995;Williams, Jones et al. 2002;Heggenhougen, Hackenthal et al. 2003). It is recognized that new preventive health interventions can only be considered effective if, in addition to efficacy and safety, they are socially acceptable and widely adhered to in the longer term (D'Alessandro, Olaleye et al. 1995;Alaii 2003;Gysels, Pell et al. 2009), and malariarelated social science research has resulted in improvements in the design and implementation of malaria prevention, management and control strategies (Mwenesi 2005). Notably, optimising the impact of existing programmes is arguably one of the most costeffective funding strategies that international agencies and national governments can take . As many technical interventions that prove efficacious in randomised trials are much less effective in the general population (Glasgow, Eakin et al. 1996;Sorensen, Emmons et al. 1998;Starfield 1998), there has been an increasing emphasis in global health to address the gap between the scientific efficacy of tools and strategies and their practical translation and impact into different local contexts (Bardosh 2014).Social science r...

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“…Multiplying health gains is crucial to extending competence to address not only the health problem of current interest, but also other health issues (Hawe et al, 1997). There is interest in capacity building within disciplines other than health, including social work (Poole, 1997), environmental protection and management (Gomez Gonzalez Cosio, 1998) and resource management (Mendis & Reed, 2003).…”

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Capacity building: The experience of health education workers in the Yukon.

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Building Community Capacity to Promote Social and Public Health: Challenges for Universities

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Academic and Community Collaborations: An Exploration of Benefits, Barriers and Successes

Academic and Community Collaborations: An Exploration of Benefits, Barriers and Successes

Combining malaria control with rural electrification : social and behavioural factors that influenced the design, use and sustainability of solar-powered mosquito trapping systems (SMoTS) for malaria elimination on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

Capacity building: The experience of health education workers in the Yukon.

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