Emerging community approaches for eliminating health disparities: A preliminary investigation of commonalities and differences
ISBN: 978-1-84855-834-2, eISBN: 978-1-84855-835-9
Publication date: 29 July 2009
Abstract
Purpose – A structured comparison, based on underlying social ecological constructs, provides the framework for this preliminary investigation of the commonalities and differences between three emerging approaches to health disparities: community-based participatory research (CBPR), community-focused health outreach (CFHO), and community health promotion programs (CHPP).
Methodology/approach – A conceptual review and preliminary analysis at the macrolevel of major community trends that focus on eliminating health disparity outcomes.
Findings – Each of the three community health approaches share similar purposes using community-focused collaborative efforts, but involve different change agents, levels of partnership, timeframes, social participation, and implementation methodologies.
Research limitations/implications – Additional in-depth literature reviews and meta-evaluations highlighting the contributions of each of the three approaches (CPBR, CFHO, and CHPP) are strongly recommended.
Practical implications – Interested community stakeholders can monitor results and impacts of each of the three approaches within their environments.
Originality/value of paper – Past reviews have concentrated on isolating individual contributing social causes of health disparities. This analysis introduces three emerging trends that currently function within community-based frameworks as potential mechanisms for helping the health disadvantaged.
Citation
Hewitt, A.M. (2009), "Emerging community approaches for eliminating health disparities: A preliminary investigation of commonalities and differences", Jacobsk Ronenfeld, J. (Ed.) Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care and Linkages to Policy, Population Concerns and Providers of Care (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0275-4959(2009)0000027014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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