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What are social models of health

WEBSocial models of health recognise that our health is influenced by a wide range of individual, interpersonal, organisation, social, environmental, political and economic …

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An introduction to community engagement Sustaining Community

WEBThe Department of Sustainability and Environment 7 defines community engagement as: A planned process with the specific purpose of working with identified groups of people, …

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Childhood trauma and brain development Sustaining Community

WEBResearch is increasingly showing the huge impact trauma can have on the development of children. The following three short videos (under 2 minutes each) from the Center on the …

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4 types of power: What are power over; power with; power to and …

WEBWhen I first started as a youth worker in 1991, I was working in a medium-term accommodation unit for young people who were homeless. I really struggled with being …

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Strengths-based practice and ABCD Sustaining Community

WEBStrengths-based practice: more than being positive - In strengths-based and asset-based approaches to family and community work we focus on strengths, aspirations and …

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Types of community engagement – creating boxes

WEBCommunity engagement covers a very broad range of meanings, aims and strategies. In teaching community engagement to undergraduate and postgraduate …

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Engaging fathers: An overview of evidence-based practice

WEBFathers are important. Research demonstrates that close involvement of fathers from birth can support positive infant and child development. This includes …

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Principles of effective parent engagement in early childhood …

WEBThe engaging diverse families project of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) identified principles of family engagement in …

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Navigating dilemmas of community development: Practitioner …

WEBAbstract Intrinsically, community development involves navigating dilemmas. These dilemmas have intensified as neoliberal “arts of government” become more …

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Seven principles for a strengths-based approach to working with …

WEBFocus on strengths, abilities & potential rather than problems, deficits & pathologies. This nearly goes without saying: it is the basis of strengths-based …

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Ethics and community engagement Sustaining Community

WEBThe ethics of community engagement needs to come to the forefront of our work. Let me start with a confession. When I started to develop an undergraduate …

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The Parent Empowerment and Efficacy Measure (PEEM)

WEB[Updated 21 June 2018 to correct broken links.] I recently met with Kathryn Di Nicola (a Collective Impact Facilitator from Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University) and a …

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Bottom-up community development Sustaining Community

WEBAs community workers, our role is to help the community identify their strengths and potential, help them build relationships and listen to, and build on, the …

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Special days and dates for families and communities – 2020

WEB(Image: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) There are many international and Australian national days/weeks that focus on issues facing families and communities. …

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An example of asset-based community development

WEBAsset-based community-driven development (ABCD) is built on four foundations (Kretzmann, 2010; Kretzmann & McKnight, 1993; Mathie & Cunningham, …

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Principle 6: Services will build strong partnerships and networks

WEBPart 4 of a series of posts based on nine principles for supporting permanent residents of caravan parks which are relevant to a range of other contexts. The first post …

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Go home on time day! Sustaining Community

WEBToday is Go home on time day, so that’s what I’ll be doing.. The day was conceived in 2009 by the Australia Institute as a light-hearted way to start a serious …

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June 2015 Sustaining Community

WEB10 posts published by Graeme Stuart during June 2015. Strengths based approaches to social change and working with families & communities

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Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life

WEBMichael Sandel's TED talk "Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life" raises some important questions about the limits of markets as a way of addressing …

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