Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ359933
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Prevention Services In Rural Areas: Opportunities for a Community Psychology. Discussion of the Special Issue.
Kelly, James G.
Journal of Rural Community Psychology, (Special Issue on Prevention and Promotion) v7 n2 p55-62 Win 1986
Discusses common themes in five papers on rural community psychology: myth that rural life is naturally supportive, importance of community needs in designing prevention programs, risks of labeling diseases, rural psychologists as developers/advocates, using advice/direct suggestion, thinking in systems/ecological terms, role/boundary conflicts, and community views of program success. (LFL)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Psychology, Community Resources, Ecology, Interpersonal Communication, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Role Conflict, Rural Areas, Rural Environment, Social Support Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Support Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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