Empowerment: the holy grail of health promotion? |
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Authors: | RISSEL CHRISTOPHER |
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Institution: | School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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Abstract: | Potentially, empowerment has much to offer health promotion.However, some caution needs to be exercised before the notionis wholeheartedly embraced as the major goal of health promotion.The lack of a clear theoretical underpinning, distortion ofthe concept by different users, measurement ambiguities, andstructural barriers make empowerment difficultto attain. To further discussion, this paper proposes severalassertions about the definition, components, process and outcomeof empowerment, including the need for a distinctionbetween psychological and community empowerment. These assertionsand a model of community empowerment are offered in an attemptto clarify an important issue for health promotion. |
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Keywords: | community health community organization empowerment |
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