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ERIC Number: EJ480603
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-8402
Measuring Community Competence in the Mississippi Delta: The Interface between Program Evaluation and Empowerment.
Eng, Eugenia; Parker, Edith
Health Education Quarterly, v21 n2 p199-220 Sum 1994
A health promotion program in the Mississippi Delta used an empowerment approach based on community competence factors: participation, commitment, self-other awareness, articulateness, conflict containment, social relations, participatory decision making, and social support. After one year, community competence moved from internal social interactions to mediation with external institutions on difficult community issues. (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizen Participation, Community Health Services, Competence, Empowerment, Health Promotion, Program Evaluation, Public Health
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Mississippi