Community health psychology is concerned with the theory and method of working with communities to combat disease and to promote health. This introductory article outlines key assumptions and debates underlying this area of research and practice-in the interests of framing the papers in this special edition of the Journal of Health Psychology. Attention is given to the value of emphasizing the ...

1 Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 2 Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, 3 Department of Educational Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 4 Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 5 Department of Counseling and Educational ...

Since 2001, the international „Global Change Research Community“ has propagated sustainability science as an interand transdisciplinary approach to the assignment of tasks related to sustainable development (Kates et al., 2001). It has afforded a new perspective on man-environment research and demands the inclusion of various branches of psychology, including environmental, health, community an...

1QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia 2School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 3MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 4University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia 5School of Social & Community Medicine, University...

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The purpose of this paper is to articulate a rationale for value-based praxis in community psychology. Although values need to promote personal, collective, and relational wellness at the same time, it is argued that community psychologists pay more attention to personal and relational wellness than to collective wellness. In order to address this imbalance it is important to promote the value ...

The excitement was palpable as the day had finally come – Research Day! Introduction to Psychology students in a community college who were earning vocational and transfer degrees had become fledging researchers , exuberant to share their knowledge with peers, instructors, their families and community members. Students presented their research using mediums of traditional posters and/or interac...

Community psychology is not a monolithic entity. While united by a set of values, theories, and principles, researchers and practitioners around the world engage in multifarious activities in the name of community psychology. Given that community needs vary greatly around the world, this is expected. United by the pursuit of meaning, mattering and thriving, community psychologists adopt diverse...