Neighborhood in Solidarity

A community development methodology that emerged throughout an action research experience

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6134477
AutoresMarion Zwygart (Community Social Work Unit, Pro Senectute Vaud, Switzerland, autor correspondente), Alain Plattet (Community Social Work Unit, Pro Senectute Vaud, Switzerland), Dario Spini (0000-0001-7171-1975, Institute for Social Sciences and National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Ano2016
Volume16
Fascículo1
Páginas65-81
Data de publicação2016-09-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAction Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1476750316666935
OpenAlexW2523227923
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas18

Population aging and urbanization are often associated with a restriction of the living environment and an increasing tendency to remain at home. This community development report presents the “Neighborhood in Solidarity” methodology as a response to counter or at least slow this restriction and enhance the ability of elderly persons to be active within their neighborhoods. Co-constructed throughout the action research process, the Neighborhood in Solidarity methodology is based on a 13-year experience, accumulated through 22 projects in 17 cities, with promising results in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The genesis and the emergence of the methodology throughout action research workshops and interregional structures are described in the document. The description of Neighborhood in Solidarity is a snapshot of a living methodology, which continues to evolve on a daily basis. The process focuses on empowering the older people through a five-year methodology, which is intended to create an autonomous community that can resolve its own problems. The methodology comprises six steps described throughout the paper: (1) preliminary analysis, (2) diagnostic, (3) construction, (4) project design, (5) project implementation, and (6) empowerment. In 2013, an external assessment evaluated the Neighborhood in Solidarity methodology as effective at and appropriate for achieving its objectives. The promising results of this original methodology motivated this publication

Action research · Economic growth · Empowerment · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Solidarity · Urbanization · Community Health and Development · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Mental Health and Patient Involvement