Still Photography Provides Data for Community-Based Initiatives

We use community psychology's accent on methodological pluralism and giving voice to the marginalised as a platform to critically examine the utility and outcome of photography as a data collection and community engagement method. Accordingly we focus on two community projects that used still photographs to identify environmental and household childhood injury risks respectively. The first project involved the visual documentation, examination and analysis of environmental threats in an informal settlement. The second project focused on the documentation and identification of selected childhood injury risks in and outside homes in an informal settlement. This study provided visual images that are detailed and complex and that allowed the researchers to acquire greater understandings than would have been possible from written texts alone. These photographs may be used to create injury risk awareness in the respective communities and among other relevant stakeholders.     

Psychological Implications of Participatory Community Development Projects and their Relevance for Poverty Alleviation in Rural Communities in Africa

This article addresses the psychological foundations of participatory and effective community development projects in rural communities in Africa aiming at poverty alleviation. Psychological implications of such projects include improved collective self-esteem of individuals and groups in those communities. Positive community projects also enhance agentic behaviour in communities which are enables in their capacity for action.     

疫情防控“成功悖论”的伦理解析

疫情防控会造成个人与社会之间的“成功悖论”：虽然疫情防控给社会带来了整体利益,但具体的参与者个人却似乎没有得到什么实际的利益;于是,当疫情防控成功一段时间之后,一些强制性防控措施就会日益受到质疑,越来越多的人会选择逃避防控的“免费搭车”行为,直到再次暴发疫情。“成功悖论”反映出疫情防控中个人权利与公共健康之间的冲突：为了社会整体健康而限制个人权利是否能够得到伦理辩护？悖论的根源在于自由主义价值观导致了个人与社会的割裂,而强调人类命运共同体与人类卫生健康共同体的社会主义价值理念有助于克服这一悖论。

     

医疗联合体与就医的自我选择权

涉及民众自由、自我决定及对其的限制, 无疑是一项制度正当性的核心。自我决定权的价值不仅在于其处于人与人格的核心地位, 且从私法与公法、私权利与公权力的角度考量, 在可以避免国家代理的情况下, 必须设计权利直接行使的机制——自我决定权, 这既是权利本位法治理念的必然逻辑, 也是权利制衡和抗衡权力的重要方式。对权利的限制必须遵循必要性原则和适当性原则。我国不满足对民众的就医自我决定权限制的前提。     

以社区为基础的老年人长期照护体系构建

综合近年对杭州市老年人、老年人照护及照护机构、照护队伍的现状研究,分析老年人长期照护存在的主要问题,提出以社区为基础的老年人长期照护构建的主要内涵,为相关制度建设提供依据。并提出了促进社区日间照料中心、以社区卫生服务中心为依托的社区老年护理院及其他老年护理机构的规范建设;加强服务队伍培训;设立转介制度和转介标准,建立老年人长期照护转介体系;建立评估标准、第三方评估运作方式及公众监督机制,逐步完善评估制度;加强风险管理;规范社区长期照护体系运作。     

对叙事医学三要素的身体社会学阐释

叙事医学三要素与身体社会学三项核心维度在理论上的耦合性,可以厘清以下关系：第一,叙事医学的对象是意义再生和共享的身体,而非疾病和独特的疾病体验;第二,叙事医学是从陌生化的疾病体验中,再现患者（他人）的社会性身体,再现医生真实的“自我”;第三,叙事共同体的目标不是消除疾病,而是通过发现、阅读、倾听和拥有共同的身体故事来实现。叙事医学的三要素与身体社会学的三个维度的理论耦合,解答了叙事医学应关注什么、再现什么、谁归属及归属何处的问题,也为认识医患关系提供了一种新的审视思路和构建方案。

     

Culture and empowerment in the Deaf community: An analysis of internet weblogs

Although deafness is traditionally conceptualized as a medical problem or disability, about 500 000 deaf people in the United States identify as members of an ethno‐linguistic minority that takes pride in being Deaf. This study examined 416 Internet weblog posts authored by nine Deaf bloggers to describe aspects of Deaf culture and individual and community level empowerment strategies expressed in weblogs. Results highlight aspects of American Deaf culture, such as the value placed on American Sign Language and equal treatment of D/deaf and hearing people. Findings also provide evidence of expressions of Deaf culture such as the use of humour and supporting the community that have been less emphasized in previous literature. Community level empowerment strategies evident in posts included disseminating information, rallying the involvement of members and advocating for social justice. Overlap between expressions of Deaf culture and empowerment strategies were also found. Present results inform a growing literature on empowerment strategies that occur without intervention by professionals. Implications of the study for community research and action are discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Community implementation of PMTO™: Impacts on referrals to specialist services and schools

Sigmarsdóttir, M. & Björnsdóttir, A. (2012). Community implementation of PMTO?: Impacts on referrals to specialist services and schools. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 53, 506–511. In 2000, the city of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, implemented Parent Management Training – Oregon Model (PMTO^?) to prevent and treat behavioral problems among children. This paper describes the implementation and findings regarding impacts in the community. As hypothesized, findings showed that the number of referrals to specialist services decreased in Hafnarfjörður following PMTO implementation and increased in two comparison communities not implementing the method. Within the Hafnarfjörður community, recorded instances of behavior problems reduced in elementary schools working in line with PMTO. The results presented are the first such findings in Iceland and suggest the kinds of systematic changes communities may experience following the implementation of an evidence‐based program.     

Between lived and the law: power,empire, and expansion in studies of North American religions

Taking debates about the Park51 (or ‘Ground Zero’) mosque and Islamic Community Center as a case study, this article demonstrates the need for scholars of religious traditions in North America to move beyond liberal modes of historicizing that pluralize narratives about religion but ignore how religion is defined and regulated. Liberal modes of historicizing create space for different traditions by first naturalizing differences as ostensibly fixed, inherent, and eternal – a dynamic that has proven to produce antagonistic narratives and relations as well as ‘tolerant’ ones. This is in part due to the fact that such narratives somewhat broaden the inclusivity of the U.S. public sphere but in so doing obscure the various means and power dynamics by which the boundaries of acceptable religiosity are policed. Finally, this article examines and offers analyses that provide more robust mechanisms by which to understand issues of religious diversity and liberty in the United States.     

Adolescent Sexual Assault Victims and the Legal System: Building Community Relationships to Improve Prosecution Rates

Adolescents are at high risk for sexual assault, but few of these crimes are reported to the police and prosecuted by the criminal justice system. To address this problem, communities throughout the United States have implemented multidisciplinary interventions to improve post-assault care for victims and increase prosecution rates. The two most commonly implemented interventions are Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs and Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs). The purpose of this study was to determine whether community-level context (i.e., stakeholder engagement and collaboration) was predictive of adolescent legal case outcomes, after accounting for "standard" factors that affect prosecution success (i.e., victim, assault, and evidence characteristics). Overall, 40% of the adolescent cases from these two SANE-SART programs (over a 10-year period) were successfully prosecuted. Cases were more likely to be prosecuted for younger victims, those with disabilities, those who knew their offenders, and instances in which the rape evidence collection kit was submitted by police for analysis. After accounting for these influences, multi-level modeling results revealed that in one site decreased allocation of community resources to adolescent sexual assault cases had a significant negative effect on prosecution case outcomes. Results are explained in terms of Wolff's (Am J Community Psychol 29:173-191, 2001) concept of "over-coalitioned" communities and Kelly's (1968) ecological principles.