Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ465001
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Empowerment and Health: The Theory and Practice of Community Change.
Wallerstein, Nina
Community Development Journal, v28 n3 p218-27 Jul 1993
Empowerment as social action addresses lack of control by enhancing participation in community action. An alcohol and substance abuse prevention program for New Mexico adolescents used Freire's problem posing and critical thinking philosophy and methods to empower young people to change their health behavior. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Change, Empowerment, Health, Participation, Prevention, Social Action, Substance Abuse, Youth Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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