Community empowerment paradigm drift and the primary prevention of HIV/AIDS

Beeker, Carolyn; Guenther-Grey, Carolyn; Raj, Anita

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(97)00208-6

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“…The past decade has seen a drift away from information-based health education towards participatory approaches within HIV prevention (Beeker, Guenther-Gray, & Raj, 1998).…”

Section: Social Identitymentioning

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Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness: participatory HIV prevention by South African youth

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MacPhail²

2002

Social Science & Medicine

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“…The past decade has seen a drift away from information-based health education towards participatory approaches within HIV prevention (Beeker, Guenther-Gray, & Raj, 1998).…”

Section: Social Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness: participatory HIV prevention by South African youth

Campbell

MacPhail²

2002

Social Science & Medicine

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“…First, interventions designed by researchers to prevent HIV using this approach aim to change the proximate determinants of risk behaviors [69]. This type of intervention is based on the traditional biomedical approach in the sense that it "treats" individuals for a specific problem [70].…”

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“…This type of intervention is based on the traditional biomedical approach in the sense that it "treats" individuals for a specific problem [70]. Generally, the objectives of such interventions reflect the theoretical concerns of researchers who are estranged from the targeted communities, and are not meant promote empowerment or capacity building [69]. Given women's lack of power, we argue that "capacity building" is much preferable to "skills development" as a target for preventive intervention, because it implies a permanent process by which individuals and communities increase their ability to carry out basic functions, resolve problems, set and achieve goals, and understand their needs for self-development and satisfaction [71].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, an intervention that proposes community empowerment generally attempts to achieve changes at the community level by engaging the community to define its own health issues, identify these determinants, and take individual and collective actions to modify those determinants [69]. According to this definition, empowerment can be applied to different areas (sexual negotiation, financial autonomy) and analyzed or practiced at different levels (e.g., individuals, couples, groups, organizations) [69].…”

Section: The Advantage Of Pa To Prevent Hiv: Empowermentmentioning

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“…For individuals, these approaches aim to develop community and healthy capacities such as group decision making and awareness of available resources. For communities, PA aim to create new networks, resources, and opportunities designed to reduce HIV risks [69]. In this way, women's empowerment promotes a sense of having the capacity and power to fight the social battles that could lead to greater autonomy.…”

Section: The Advantage Of Pa To Prevent Hiv: Empowermentmentioning

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2016

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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the utility of participatory approaches for working with ethnic minority women at risk of contracting HIV living in industrialized countries. The literature suggests that these women's sexual risk behaviors should be analyzed taking into account in the social context that reduces their power to negotiate condom use. In this paper, we argue that because participatory approaches promote the empowerment of vulnerable populations, they offer a promising alternative for HIV prevention in women from ethnic minorities. Hence, interventions targeting these women in high income countries should aim to help them gain control over their relationships, lessen their dependence on men, and enable them to negotiate condom use.

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Health, community and development: towards a social psychology of participation

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2000

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The concept of ‘community participation’ plays a central role in policies and interventions seeking to reduce health inequalities. This paper seeks to contribute to debates about the role of participation in health by suggesting how social psychological concepts can add to the theorisation of participation. It criticises traditional concepts of development and introduces some of the challenged that are present for development and community theorists in conditions of rapid globalisation. The paper proceeds to demarcate the space which a social psychology of participation occupies within the terrain of existing research into the health‐society interface. The concepts of empowerment and social capital are identified as important starting points to address the relative lack of social psychological attention to community‐level determinants of health. It is suggested that social identities, social representations and power are crucial elements for constructing a social psychology of participation. The paper concludes by highlighting the vital link that should exist between the development of theory and practical interventions. Paulo Freire's notion of conscientisation is a guiding notion throughout the paper. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Community empowerment paradigm drift and the primary prevention of HIV/AIDS

Cited by 170 publications

References 72 publications

Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness: participatory HIV prevention by South African youth

Peer education, gender and the development of critical consciousness: participatory HIV prevention by South African youth

Using Participatory Research to Work With Women from Ethnic Minorities at Risk for HIV Living In Industrialized Countries

Health, community and development: towards a social psychology of participation

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