Assumptions and Values of Community Health Psychology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5152655
AutoresMichael Murray (0000-0002-1715-5629, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Gerald Nelson (0000-0002-6626-2172, Wilfrid Laurier University), Geoffrey Nelson, Blake Poland (0000-0002-3774-9758, University of Toronto), Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale (0000-0002-8608-5572, University of Windsor), Lorraine Ferris (University of Toronto), Lorraine E Ferris (0000-0003-0754-2948)
Ano2004
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas323-333
Data de publicação2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105304040897
PMID15018731
OpenAlexW1972771480
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas33

There is a need to widen the practice of health psychologists to include the theories and methods of community psychology and an awareness of contemporary issues in community health. The aim of such a community health psychology would be both to deepen our understanding of the aetiology of health and illness in society and to develop strategies that will contribute to a reduction in human suffering and an improvement in quality of life. The aim of this article is to review the background and assumptions of community health psychology and to consider some values that would underlie such an approach

Community health · Community psychology · Health psychology · Psychotherapist · Public health · Quality of life (healthcare · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Applied Psychology · Social Psychology