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What is Community Development

Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology
The process of creating a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
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Narratives of Integrative Health Coaching
Jennifer Lynne Bird (Florida Atlantic University, USA) and Eric T. Wanner (Palm Beach Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9494-1.ch008
Abstract
Integrative health coaching incorporates vision and values into the goal setting process in order for change to occur. While health coaches frequently work with healthy people who want to make changes in their lives such as finding time to exercise or getting more sleep, this narrative focuses on the role of a health coach when working with physical therapy patients at a hospital. Health coaching, a new addition to the field of health education, provides a missing link in the healing journeys of patients.
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Narratives of Anxiety
Designing a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
Published in Chapter: Narratives of Anxiety; From: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing
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Narratives of Health Coaching
The process of creating a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
Published in Chapter: Narratives of Health Coaching; From: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing
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Reflections of Health Coaching Narratives
The process of creating a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
Published in Chapter: Reflections of Health Coaching Narratives; From: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing During and After Global Health Crises
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Research as Curriculum Inquiry: Helping College Students with Anxiety
Designing a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
Published in Chapter: Research as Curriculum Inquiry: Helping College Students with Anxiety; From: Handbook of Research on Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods
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The Roles of Social Networks and Communities in Open Education Programs
Progression of users’ view of community from being a resource or repository (stage 1), to a user network (stage 2), to an engaged community (stage 3).
Published in Chapter: The Roles of Social Networks and Communities in Open Education Programs; From: Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies
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Reflections on the Pedagogy of International Field Schools in Bali, Indonesia: The Transformative Impact of Textiles and Temples
This is a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. It is also an academic discipline that seeks to understand the process and contribute positively.
Published in Chapter: Reflections on the Pedagogy of International Field Schools in Bali, Indonesia: The Transformative Impact of Textiles and Temples; From: Faculty Roles and Changing Expectations in the New Age
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Unraveling Power Dynamics in Communities of Practice
Refers to the process in which a Community of practice develops and grow by building on shared meanings, identity and practice.
Published in Chapter: Unraveling Power Dynamics in Communities of Practice; From: Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage
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Educating Adults to Talk about Death and Dying to Assist Grieving Children: A Community Development Project
This can be seen as both a process and as an outcome and involves managing community change that engages citizens in dialogue on specific issues affecting them. They decide and implement together what must be done ( Ferguson & Dickens, 1999 ; Vincent II, 2009).
Published in Chapter: Educating Adults to Talk about Death and Dying to Assist Grieving Children: A Community Development Project; From: Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education: Tools, Trends, and Methodologies
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Promoting the Development of Local Communities Through “Touripilgrimage”: The Portuguese Inner Way of Santiago de Compostela
Development promoted by local actors that result in identity, cultural, social, heritage and economic benefits for the locality.
Published in Chapter: Promoting the Development of Local Communities Through “Touripilgrimage”: The Portuguese Inner Way of Santiago de Compostela; From: Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability
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Educational and Social Inclusion: A Path to Equity for Families in Vulnerable Situations
An intervention model that contemplates all the agents that make up the community, to establish links and support networks between the population and institutions, with the aim of establishing common objectives and improving the social, cultural and economic conditions of the communities.
Published in Chapter: Educational and Social Inclusion: A Path to Equity for Families in Vulnerable Situations; From: Transformative Intercultural Global Education
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An Engagement Strategy for Community Network Research and Design
A process of capacity and skills building, through which individuals and groups are empowered to deliberate, shape and effect change in their own communities.
Published in Chapter: An Engagement Strategy for Community Network Research and Design; From: Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
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Advocating for Library and Information Services by National Library Associations of Africa in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals
A process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to strengthen each other in the community where they stay.
Published in Chapter: Advocating for Library and Information Services by National Library Associations of Africa in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals; From: Handbook of Research on Advocacy, Promotion, and Public Programming for Memory Institutions
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Reflections of Anxiety Narratives
Designing a place where people feel welcomed and supported, whether it is a neighborhood, a classroom, or a network of colleagues who provide support for an individual.
Published in Chapter: Reflections of Anxiety Narratives; From: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing During and After Global Health Crises
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Closing the Distance Gap Through Adopting a Blended Teaching and Learning Model: Lecturers and Students' Expectations and Perceptions at UKZN
Is defined as a change which develops the lives of community members, disadvantages no-one and is sustained, achieved, and managed by the community (World Health Organization, 2017). Therefore, community development is about people engaging in their own development and making decisions of their preferred future.
Published in Chapter: Closing the Distance Gap Through Adopting a Blended Teaching and Learning Model: Lecturers and Students' Expectations and Perceptions at UKZN; From: Using Self-Efficacy for Improving Retention and Success of Diverse Student Populations
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