PSYC 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: New Lanark, Community Psychology, Victim Blaming
12 Sep 2013
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Chapter 15 community approaches within health psychology. Community health psychology is an approach based upon promoting strategies for social change at the local level that can contribute to health and well-being. While such approaches offer much potential for reducing health inequalities they can potentially distract attention from the broader structural causes of ill health. New lanark- in the eighteenth century came up with the term to describe an alternative form of group living apart from industrial society. A more communal style of living before conflictual and individualistic forms of living began rising. Has been growth of various forms of community or local social action which aims to challenge social oppression at a local level. The extent to which it actually is a challenge to wider political power depends upon its underlying assumptions. Community action draws upon different political heritages: Consumerist approach: informed by contemporary neo-liberal ideology.
