scholarly journals Power, control, communities and health inequalities III: participatory spaces—an English case

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Powell ◽  
Amy Barnes ◽  
Rachel Anderson de Cuevas ◽  
Clare Bambra ◽  
Emma Halliday ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Institutional Power ◽  
Collective Control ◽  
Alliance Building

Summary This article—third in a series of three—uses theoretical frameworks described in Part 1, and empirical markers reported in Part 2, to present evidence on how power dynamics shifted during the early years of a major English community empowerment initiative. We demonstrate how the capabilities disadvantaged communities require to exercise collective control over decisions/actions impacting on their lives and health (conceptualized as emancipatory power) and the exercise of power over these communities (conceptualized as limiting power) were shaped by the characteristics of participatory spaces created by and/or associated with this initiative. Two main types of participatory spaces were identified: governance and sense-making. Though all forms of emancipatory power emerged in all spaces, some were more evident in particular spaces. In governance spaces, the development and enactment of ‘power to’ emerged as residents made formal decisions on action, allocated resources and managed accountability. Capabilities for alliance building—power with—were more likely to emerge in these spaces, as was residents’ resistance to the exercise of institutional power over them. In contrast, in sense-making spaces residents met informally and ‘made sense’ of local issues and their ability to influence these. These processes led to the development of power within capabilities and power to resist stigmatizing forms of productive power. The findings highlight the importance of designing community initiatives that: nurture diverse participatory spaces; attend to connectivity between spaces; and identify and act on existing power dynamics undermining capabilities for collective control in disadvantaged communities.

scholarly journals Power, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie Popay ◽  
Margaret Whitehead ◽  
Ruth Ponsford ◽  
Matt Egan ◽  
Rebecca Mead
Keyword(s):  
Health Equity ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Collective Control ◽  
Communities Of Place ◽  
Analytical Frameworks ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Original Concept

Summary This is Part I of a three-part series on community empowerment as a route to greater health equity. We argue that community ‘empowerment’ approaches in the health field are increasingly restricted to an inward gaze on community psycho-social capacities and proximal neighbourhood conditions, neglecting the outward gaze on political and social transformation for greater equity embedded in foundational statements on health promotion. We suggest there are three imperatives if these approaches are to contribute to increased equity. First, to understand pathways from empowerment to health equity and drivers of the depoliticisation of contemporary empowerment practices. Second, to return to the original concept of empowerment processes that support communities of place/interest to develop capabilities needed to exercise collective control over decisions and actions in the pursuit of social justice. Third, to understand, and engage with, power dynamics in community settings. Based on our longitudinal evaluation of a major English community empowerment initiative and research on neighbourhood resilience, we propose two complementary frameworks to support these shifts. The Emancipatory Power Framework presents collective control capabilities as forms of positive power. The Limiting Power Framework elaborates negative forms of power that restrict the development and exercise of a community’s capabilities for collective control. Parts II and III of this series present empirical findings on the operationalization of these frameworks. Part II focuses on qualitative markers of shifts in emancipatory power in BL communities and Part III explores how power dynamics unfolded in these neighbourhoods.

PEMBINAAN USAHA MANDIRI BAGI ANGGOTA KOPERASI BINA CIPTA USAHA DI DESA LEMBANG, KECAMATAN LEMBANG, KABUPATEN BANDUNG BARAT

2021 ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
I Gede Adiputra
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
The West ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Brand Recognition ◽  
District Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Additional Income

The development of independent businesses is an absolute thing to be carried out considering that MSMEs are the backbone in improving people's welfare. This is a tangible form of empowering the community's economy. The purpose of this research is to improve understanding and awareness of the importance of creative and innovative entrepreneurship in order to obtain additional income, as well as improve soft skills, entrepreneurial skills, family living standards based on individual abilities, availability of resources and potential that is around, so that It is hoped that later it can be imitated and applied by the village community. Meanwhile, the West Bangdung Regency Community Empowerment Agency itself has made many efforts to provide assistance to economically disadvantaged communities. The economic business sector of the West Bandung district government has carried out many community empowerment programs and has a positive influence on the independence of the community's economic business, this is expected to be able to continuously improve the welfare of the community. The implementation of the training provided by the Community Service team in Lembang Village, Lembang District, West Bandung Regency has been able to provide additional knowledge about entrepreneurship, increase participant commitment in the field of entrepreneurship, be able to increase entrepreneurial interest, increase brand recognition and legality and be able to increase brand recognition as a marketing strategy in business activities.Pembinaan usaha mandiri merupakan suatu yang muttlak untuk dilaksanaka mengingat UMKM merupakan tulang punggung dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Hal ini merupakan bentuk nyata dalam hal memberdayakan ekonomi masyarakat. Adapun penelitian ini dilakukan adalah untuk memperbaiki pemahaman dan kesadaran pentingnya kewirausahaan yang kreatif dan inovatif agar dapat memperoleh tambahan pendapatan, serta meningkatkan soft skill, ketrampilan kewirausahaan, taraf hidup keluarga yang berlandaskan pada kemampuan individu, ketersediaan sumber daya dan potensi yang ada di sekitar, sehingga nantinya diharapkan dapat ditiru dan diterapkan oleh masyarakat desa. Sementara itu Badan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Kabupaten Bangdung Barat sendiri banyak usaha yang telah dilakukan kepada masyarakat kurang mampu secara ekonomi dan hal memberi bantuan kepada masyarakat ekonomi lemah. Bidang usaha ekonomi pemerintah kabupaten Bandung Barat sudah banyak menjalankan program pemberdayaan masyarakat dan memberi pengaruh yang positif terhadap kemandirian usaha ekonomi masyarakat, hal ini secara berkelanjutan diharapkan mampu meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Pelaksanaan pelatihan yang diberikan oleh tim Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat di Desa Lembang Kecamatan Lembang, Kabupaten Bandung Barat telah mampu memberikan tambahan pengetahuan tentang kewirausahaan, meningkatkan komitmen peserta bidang kewirausahaan, mampu meningkatkan minat kewirausahaan, meningkatkan pengenalan merek dan legalitasnya serta mampu meningkatkan pengenalan merek sebagai strategi pemasaran dalam kegiatan bisnis.

scholarly journals The Rohingya Little Local: exploring innovative models of refugee engagement in Sydney, Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 367
Author(s):  
Amy Bestman ◽  
Jane Lloyd ◽  
Barbara Hawkshaw ◽  
Jawat Kabir ◽  
Elizabeth Harris
Keyword(s):  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Health Priorities ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Funding Model ◽  
Collective Control ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The City ◽  
Priority Population ◽  
Sydney Australia

The Rohingya community living in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown in Sydney have been identified as a priority population with complex health needs. As part of ongoing work, AU$10000 was provided to the community to address important, self-determined, health priorities through the Can Get Health in Canterbury program. Program staff worked with community members to support the planning and implementation of two community-led events: a soccer (football) tournament and a picnic day. This paper explores the potential for this funding model and the effect of the project on both the community and health services. Data were qualitatively analysed using a range of data sources within the project. These included, attendance sheets, meeting minutes, qualitative field notes, staff reflections and transcripts of focus group and individual discussions. This analysis identified that the project: (1) enabled community empowerment and collective control over funding decisions relating to their health; (2) supported social connection among the Australian Rohingya community; (3) built capacity in the community welfare organisation –Burmese Rohingya Community Australia; and (4) enabled reflective practice and learnings. This paper presents an innovative model for engaging with refugee communities. Although this project was a pilot in the Canterbury community, it provides knowledge and learnings on the engagement of refugee communities with the health system in Australia.

International Service-Learning in Practice

2018 ◽  
pp. 462-479
Author(s):  
Noel B. Habashy
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Domestic Service ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
International Service Learning ◽  
International Service ◽  
Learning Partnerships ◽  
Learning Programs

This chapter explores key theoretical concepts relevant to the planning and implementation of international (and domestic) service-learning programs. This chapter explores the power dynamics of international service-learning through four key theoretical concepts: the politics of power, local knowledge, framing, and problem definition. While these ideas are particularly appropriate for international service-learning program, they are also relevant for domestic service-learning partnerships in nearby communities. In addition to providing theoretical frameworks, this chapter identifies recommendations for practice in order to address each of the four challenges identified. Universities must consider these factors if they wish to develop stronger programs with reciprocal benefits to communities and students. With stronger partnerships, better development will occur for both students and community members.

Family members’ experience of the pre-diagnostic phase of dementia: a synthesis of qualitative evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 1425-1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirrily Rogers ◽  
Honor Coleman ◽  
Amy Brodtmann ◽  
David Darby ◽  
Vicki Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Clinical Communication ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Family ◽  
Reactions To Change ◽  
Dementia Onset

ABSTRACTBackground:Most research on family members’ experience of dementia has focused on the time after diagnosis. Yet, once people reach clinical attention, families have already been living with the changes for some time. These pre-diagnosis experiences can influence later caregiving. We aimed to synthesize qualitative research exploring family members’ experiences of the pre-diagnostic phase of dementia to inform clinical practice.Methods:We conducted a thematic synthesis of 11 studies that met our inclusion criteria following a comprehensive literature search.Results:An overarching theme, sense-making, captured the primary process that family members engage in throughout the pre-diagnostic period. Within this, four major analytic themes were extracted as central concepts in understanding family members’ experiences of the pre-diagnostic phase of dementia: the nature of change; appraisals of change; reactions to change; and the influence of others.Conclusions:Relevant features of the family experience of dementia onset can be characterized within several major themes. These findings highlight the complex process of recognizing early symptoms of dementia for people living with this condition and their families. Our findings also provide the foundation for developing theoretical frameworks that will ultimately assist with improving recognition of dementia onset, clinical communication with family members, and interventions to reduce family burden.

scholarly journals PENINGKATAN KETRAMPILAN PETANI SUMBERARUM SLEMAN DALAM PEMANFAATAN JERAMI DAN SEKAM PADI MENJADI BRIKET BIOARANG

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatwa Tentama
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Rice Husks ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
Formation Of Groups ◽  
Water Passage

Waste straw and rice husks are found abundantly scattered in Karanganjir, Sejati Dukuh and Setran village during rice harvest season. It was disturbing irrigation channels, decreasing the environmental aesthetics, and block the water passage. The purpose of this service was to provide an alternative way to reduce the negative impact of waste rice with bioarang briquettes. Community empowerment was done by improving knowledge, skills provision and practices together with the farmers about the use of waste straw and rice husks. Several activities were given to the farmers, namely: knowledge of the dangers of agricultural waste, training on bioarang briquette production techniques, how to use briquettes, briquettes entrepreneurship opportunities, financial accounting and marketing capabilities. There are 15-20 farmers involved in each village.The success indicator of this service were the formation of groups of people in the community who have interest to use rice husks and straw to make commercial briquettes bioarang and community initiatives to use briquettes bioarang for everyday purposes

scholarly journals Executive Function and Self-Regulation: Bi-Directional Longitudinal Associations and Prediction of Early Academic Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Howard ◽  
Elena Vasseleu ◽  
Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett ◽  
Marc de Rosnay ◽  
Amy Y. C. Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Function ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Neural Substrates ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Longitudinal Associations

Despite a tendency to study executive function (EF) and self-regulation (SR) separately, parallel lines of research suggest considerable overlap between the two abilities. Specifically, both show similar developmental trajectories (i.e., develop rapidly in the early years), predict a broad range of overlapping outcomes across the lifespan (e.g., academic success, mental and physical health, and social competence), and have overlapping neural substrates (e.g., prefrontal cortex). While theoretical frameworks diverge in how they reconcile EF and SR – ranging from treating the two as functionally synonymous, to viewing them as related yet distinct abilities – there is no consensus and limited empirical evidence on the nature of their relationship and how this extends developmentally. The current study examined bi-directional longitudinal associations between early EF and SR, and their longitudinal associations with subsequent early academic skills, in a sample of 199 3- to 5-year-old pre-school children. The adopted measures permitted EF and SR to be modelled as composite indices for these analyses, thereby decreasing task-specific components of these associations. Early academic skills were captured by a standardized direct assessment. Bi-directional associations between EF and SR were found, with both accounting for unique variance in early academic skills 7 and 19months later. The current results provide important evidence to distinguish between EF and SR abilities, yet also for their reciprocal influence in situ and across early development.

scholarly journals INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH FOR ADAT COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: CASE OF KASEPUHAN CIPTAGELAR IN WEST JAVA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Hasna Azmi Fadhilah ◽  
Sutiyo Sutiyo ◽  
Zulkarnain Ilyas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Open Dialogue ◽  
The Government

Abstract This study aims to explain the application of institutional approach for adat community empowerment, through a case of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar. It employs qualitative research design, and finds that the implementation of adat community empowerment program did not improve the institutional capacity, especially persons and their structures. As a consequence, there are misunderstandings and conflicts of interest, especially related to forest and land management, between the adat community and the government. To be more effective, the government needs to increase the frequency of open dialogue with Adat institutions and people. The government also needs to consider the Adat values ​​and culture, and support the community initiatives by providing facilities and other supporting factors. Keywords: Adat Community Empowerment, Institutional Approach, Kasepuhan Ciptagelar

scholarly journals Understanding Arab American Identity through Orientalist Stereotypes and Representations in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (2006)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-52
Author(s):  
Ishak Berrebbah
Keyword(s):  
American Identity ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Arab American ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Diasporic Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
American Society

Abstract Arab-American women’s literature has emerged noticeably in the early years of the 21st century. The social and political atmosphere in post-9/11 America encouraged the growth of such literature and brought it to international attention. This diasporic literature functions as a means of discussing the Orientalist discourse that circumscribes Arab American identity and its effects in determining their position in the wider American society. As such, this article investigates the extent to which Edward Said’s discourse of Orientalism is employed by Mohja Kahf in her novel The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (2006) to project the stereotypes and misrepresentations that confine the identity of Arab and Muslim characters in the US society. This article suggests that post-9/11 Arab American fiction serves as a literary reference to such stereotype-based discourse in the contemporary era. The arguments in this article, while employing an analytical and critical approach to the novel, are outlined within postcolonial and Orientalist theoretical frameworks based on arguments of prominent critics and scholars such as Peter Morey, Edward Said, and Jack Shaheen, to name just a few.

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