| The ethics of Community Empowerment: tensions in health promotion theory and practice. | |
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PMID: 18784046 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The concepts of community participation, empowerment and capacity building are central tenets of contemporary health promotion theory. They reflect the view that health and well-being are shaped by a wide range of social, economic, political and organisational forces that are outside the control of individuals.Despite its theoretical appeal, the practice of Community Empowerment is ethically contentious and can produce ethical dilemmas for health promotion practitioners. In this paper we relate these dilemmas to theoretical considerations, and argue that the empowerment of communities should be understood as a means rather than an end . This leads us to argue for the adoption of what we call a Reflective Equilibrium Community Empowerment approach, which draws on both "top-down" and "bottom-up" methods to help resolve the ethical tensions in health promotion programmes. |
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Authors:
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Annette Braunack-Mayer; Jennie Louise |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Promotion & education Volume: 15 ISSN: 1025-3823 ISO Abbreviation: Promot Educ Publication Date: 2008 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-09-11 Completed Date: 2009-01-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9431615 Medline TA: Promot Educ Country: France |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 5-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Discipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia. annette.braunackmayer@adelaide.edu.au |
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Community Networks
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ethics* Health Promotion* / ethics, organization & administration Humans Models, Theoretical* Public Health / ethics |
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