The study of community resilience is a relatively under-explored area. Accordingly, in an
attempt to further our understanding of community resilience, we present a study focused on …

South African youth in low-income, urbanised communities are exposed to high levels of
daily stressors, which increase their risk to negative outcomes. Resiliency can provide …

Though a growing body of evidence supports the efficacy of prison-based dog training
programs, research on the process of change or the underlying mechanisms of change for …

Context: The existing top-down approach of the training is not appropriate to empower the
community health volunteers to produce a sustainable change in their performance …

The cornerstones of health promotion are the concepts of empowerment and community
participation. There has been little research, however, on how these concepts are actualized …

This book provides a unique analysis of provider-, environment-, client-, and societal-based
obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social …

Over the last 25 years, the language of empowerment has been woven into the guiding
missions and descriptions of institutions, funding and projects globally. Although theoretical …

Le terme promotion de la santé en Afrique, près de 30 ans après l'adoption de la Charte
d'Ottawa, continue d'avoir des connotations complètement hors du sens que lui confère …

Health problems for which individuals, families, and communities are at risk are exacerbated
in sparsely populated, geographically remote, rural areas. Vast distances limit access to …

While many nutrition education curricula have been developed, there is a dearth of
published description of the process of development and the insights gained that might be …