The Community Empowerment Framework: A Benchmark for Christian Social Work

Stoeffler, Stephen W.; Joseph, Rigaud; Creedon, Ezra

doi:10.34043/swc.v47i3.143

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“…The quantitative results of this study supported a modified Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change (Pfeiffer et al 2018) where religious self-regulation skill and ability and religious self-management behaviors contributed to healthy eating behaviors. These qualitative results suggest that a religious institution as a trusted and connected community partner could address upstream factors contributing to poor health outcomes, helping to address issues of disconnectedness, deficient communication, and fear and anxiety, as well as connecting the community to health care (Javed et al 2022;Krause and Bastida 2011;Stoeffler et al 2020).…”

Section: Integrated Theory Of Change In Health Behaviormentioning

confidence: 94%

“…This promotes true empowerment and prevents the charity mindset of doling out services and resources without the community input of what is needed. In other words, well-meaning efforts, that meet immediate, legitimate, and individual needs remain at a distance from the community, and frequently disempower a sense of collective, collaborative, and community-based action for health (Stoeffler et al 2020;Townsend et al 2020).…”

Section: Smaller Anchor Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A University-Church-Community Look at Community Health Using Community-Based-Participatory Research

2023

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The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed-method approach using quantitative methods followed by qualitative inquiry was to assess a Southern California community’s perception of its health and of barriers to improving health. The qualitative aspects of this mixed-method CBPR project by a church-university-community partnership further describe member perceptions of their community and contributors/barriers to community health. Four focus group interviews were conducted over eight months at two elementary schools with the mothers of school children (N = 21) in the 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 school years, including one Spanish-only group. Four themes emerged, describing the contributors and barriers to community health and well-being: lack of connection, poor communication, fear/anxiety, and lack of access to affordable healthcare. The findings highlight how small anchor institutions, those whose primary mission is not health (church, school, trailer park, local businesses, etc.), can be facilitators of health and address these disruptions of connectivity, communication, and care present within the healthcare system itself, and its disappointed community recipients of “care”. The church as a community of care, in collaboration with educational institutions, is suited to invite community participation, affirm humanness, build trust, and offer increased access to care in the neighborhoods surrounding its location.

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Section: Integrated Theory Of Change In Health Behaviormentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Smaller Anchor Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A University-Church-Community Look at Community Health Using Community-Based-Participatory Research

2023

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“…Other related frameworks such as Ennis and West's (2010) and Gilchrist's (2019) contributions focus on the importance of networking in community development. Meanwhile, Stoeffler, Joseph, and Creedon's (2020) model highlight principles for development within the religious world.…”

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confidence: 99%

Addressing Engagement Suppression in Black and Brown Racialized Communities

Batts¹,

Joseph

Stoeffler

2022

Social Development Issues

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Across the United States, the politics of power, voice, and funding continues to disparately impact the health and life outcomes of most of the Black and Brown residents. At the root of the disparities can often be found a conscious and unconscious cross-sector collaboration of historically White institutions to silence, exclude, and suppress the voices and engagement of communities of color in leadership, decision making, and community and economic development. This conceptual article is based on the work of Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley (PNLV), introduces the Radical Welcome and Engagement Restoration Model (RWERM), a community practice framework that challenges structural and/or oppressive conditions and forces that suppress minority engagement. This article provides a complete description of the RWERM, highlights its theoretical assumptions, and explains how it can be implemented across the country. The potential impact of the program in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is discussed.

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“…Similarly, Social Welfare Officers are working for the uplift of the marginalized and suppressed people (Johnson & Flynn, 2021). They are working at micro, mezzo, and macro levels while working for the welfare of deserving individuals, groups, and communities (Stoeffler, Joseph, & Creedon, 2020). Welfare services are being provided to support children, women, old aged, disabled, offenders, and patients (Popple, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of Spiritual Intelligence on Job Satisfaction of Social Welfare Officers in Pakistan

Usmani,

Hassan

2022

PJASS

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The core purpose of the present research is to examine the spiritual intelligence and job satisfaction of Social Welfare Officers in Pakistan. Spiritual intelligence is one of the many types of intelligence that can be developed relatively independently. Spiritual intelligence is a way of knowing and connecting the inner life of the mind and soul with the outer life. Job satisfaction is a sense of accomplishment that a person gets from his work. It is a measure of workers' satisfaction with their jobs. It can be measured in terms of knowledge, motivation, and behavior. For this study, a sample of three hundred seventy-four Social Welfare Officers has been taken through a proportionate random sample technique from all the provinces of Pakistan, namely, Punjab, KPK, Sindh, Balochistan, ICT, GB, and AJK. A cross-sectional survey has been conducted and a well-structured questionnaire was used for the study. The Uni-variate, bi-variate, and multi-variate analyses have been performed to draw results and conclusions. The study findings show that spiritual intelligence, directly and indirectly, causes impacts on job satisfaction among Social Welfare Officers in Pakistan. The study findings also report that spiritual intelligence has positively contributed to Social Welfare Officer's pay and promotion, job security, workload status, relationship with co-workers, work environment, and feedback and support.

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The Community Empowerment Framework: A Benchmark for Christian Social Work

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A University-Church-Community Look at Community Health Using Community-Based-Participatory Research

A University-Church-Community Look at Community Health Using Community-Based-Participatory Research

Addressing Engagement Suppression in Black and Brown Racialized Communities

Impact of Spiritual Intelligence on Job Satisfaction of Social Welfare Officers in Pakistan

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