Public health matters. The community action model: a community-driven model designed to address disparities in health.

• Autores: SH Lavery, ML Smith, AA Esparza, A Hrushow, M Moore, DF Reed
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 95, Nº. 4, 2005, págs. 611-616
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The community action model is a 5-step, community-driven model designed to build communities' capacity to address health disparities through mobilization. Fundamental to the model is a critical analysis identifying the underlying social, economic, and environmental forces that create health and social inequities in a community. The goal is to provide communities with the framework necessary to acquire the skills and resources to plan, implement, and evaluate health-related actions and policies. The model was developed in the context of tobacco-related health disparities. Concrete policy outcomes demonstrate the model's potential application to a wide variety of grassroots policy development efforts.