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  2. Julian Rappaport - Wikipedia

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    Julian Rappaport is an American psychologist who introduced the concept of empowerment into social work and social psychiatry.He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Career Award and of the Seymour B. Sarason Award for "novel and critical rethinking of basic assumptions and approaches to human services, education, and other ...

  3. Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 - Wikipedia

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    The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. [1] The act is notable for expanding the Community Right to Buy established by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to include urban communities and for introducing new powers for Scottish Ministers to compel owners of abandoned or neglected to land to interested community bodies.

  4. Normalization (people with disabilities) - Wikipedia

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    Related theories on integration in the subsequent decades have been termed community integration, self-determination or empowerment theory, support and empowerment paradigms, community building, functional-competency, family support, often not independent living (supportive living),and in 2015, the principle of inclusion which also has roots in ...

  5. Collins O. Airhihenbuwa - Wikipedia

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    Thesis. Comprehensive health assessment of Iyekuselu District, Bendel State, Nigeria (1983) Collins O. Airhihenbuwa is a Beninese public health researcher. He is Director of the Global Research Against Non-communicable Disease (GRAND) Initiative and Professor of Health Management & Policy at Georgia State University .

  6. Empowerment evaluation - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment evaluation (EE) is an evaluation approach designed to help communities monitor and evaluate their own performance. It is used in comprehensive community initiatives as well as small-scale settings and is designed to help groups accomplish their goals. According to David Fetterman, "Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation ...

  7. Liberation psychology - Wikipedia

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    Liberation psychology or liberation social psychology is an approach to psychology that aims to actively understand the psychology of oppressed and impoverished communities by conceptually and practically addressing the oppressive sociopolitical structure in which they exist. [1] The central concepts of liberation psychology include: awareness ...

  8. Community psychology - Wikipedia

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    Psychology. Community psychology is concerned with the community as the unit of study. This contrasts with most psychology, which focuses on the individual. Community psychology also studies the community as a context for the individuals within it, [1] and the relationships of the individual to communities and society.

  9. Community organizing - Wikipedia

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    Community organizing. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now protest (Richir). Community organizing is a process where people who live in proximity to each other or share some common problem [ 1 ] come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest.