Translating Grand Challenges From Concept to Community: The 'Communities in Action' Experience
| Autor: | Raymonda C. Reese, Edwina S. Uehara, Margaret L. Spearmon, Kevin P. Haggerty, Edith C. Elion, Richard F. Catalano, Vaughnetta J. Barton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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030505 public health
Community level Sociology and Political Science Social work business.industry 05 social sciences Public relations Public administration 03 medical and health sciences Health problems Communities That Care Community mobilization Action (philosophy) Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0305 other medical science business Socioeconomic status Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology Grand Challenges |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. 8:137-159 |
| ISSN: | 1948-822X 2334-2315 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/690561 |
| Popis: | This article provides an example of how one social work school created a community partnership to translate grand challenges from concept to concrete local projects to meet Grand Challenges for Social Work goals. The Grand Challenge to Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth proposes that we have made sufficient scientific advances to—within a decade—reduce the incidence and prevalence of behavioral health problems among children, adolescents, and young adults by 20%, and to reduce the incidence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in behavioral health problems by 20%. In 2014, faculty and students from the University of Washington School of Social Work began working with a broad coalition of community-based agencies, governmental partners, and funding agencies to tackle this grand challenge at the community level. The coalition adopted Communities That Care, a tested model for developing prevention infrastructure in communities by building the capacity of community coalitions to assess and pr... |
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