PS282 Lecture Notes - Richard Dawkins, Pacific Institute, Community Psychology
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Mid-term information: multiple choice, 50 questions, 75 minutes. From week 1 today: prevention & promotion: key concepts, prevention equations, prevention & promotion: implementing programs, prevention & promotion: better beginnings research, empowerment & citizen participation, community & social change. Focus on where lecture & textbook readings most overlap. Pico pacific institute for community organizing * Bring together a broad representation of citizens within a locality. Focus is at the organizational level: bringing together different organizations to work on one issue. In washington dc, issue of syphilis among african american"s in the 90s: coalition formed with physicians, dentists, schools, media, public service organizations. Coalitions" model of change tends to: articulate a mission, write action plans & build legitimacy. Increasing citizens" critical awareness of social conditions & energizing their involvement. How many women are affected in society by breast cancer: energizing involvement. Building relationships to 1 on 1 relationships to larger displays e. g. )
