Amber Kelly
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Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Healthcare, Poverty and Socioeconomic StatusBy linking Community Psychology principles with health information, School-Based Health Centers (SBHC)s represent needed infrastructure when schools re-open after stay-at-home orders related to COVID-19.
Posted in: Marginalized GroupsPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyCritical reflection is associated with lower levels of internalized oppression and higher levels of collective efficacy. It can liberate people from oppressive ideologies and empower them to resist social injustice.
Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Poverty and Socioeconomic Status, Prevention SciencePublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyBuy-in and trust with organization- and policy-level stakeholders is crucial. Tensions between organizational culture and the research protocol should be addressed, such as reluctance to support a randomized design.
Posted in: BlogPublished in: The Community PsychologistThose working in program delivery often do not have the time to devote to learning new critical frameworks. A more scaffolded approach can make teachable moments by which critical reflection can become a part of the work the organisation does.
Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Mental HealthSCRA Thesis Award Grantee Report: A Phenomenological Analysis of a Culturally Specific Intervention for African American Women
Posted in: Blog, EnvironmentPublished in: The Community PsychologistWe can change our own individualistic lifestyle and adapt a more community-oriented and prosocial approach to environmentally sustainable behavior.
Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Mental HealthPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyProtective factors can mitigate the impact of ACEs and are just as important to understand a child’s physical and emotional health.
Posted in: Coalition Building, Prevention SciencePublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyConsumers collaborate with researchers in Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) to create data that is authentic, useful, and can directly impact service delivery systems. The process is time intensive and can be challenging. Including consumer researchers as partners is essential to understand the experience of receiving services and the impact of those services when considering improvements.
Posted in: Marginalized GroupsPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyDespite significant strides for sexual and gender minority (SGM) rights in the United States, there continues to be opposition to these rights from many conservative Christians and political conservatives. This study advances the understanding of how unawareness of Christian privilege and support for Christian hegemony help to explain the association between Christian and political conservatism and […]
Posted in: Sense of Community | Tags: ResourcesChapter 28 of The Community Toolbox helps practitioners learn how to build communities of compassion, justice, and other spiritual assets.
