Embracing Vision Over Solutions
Update: September 2, 2024. No interview this week. We want to make sure that the people that we work with have the limelight for a full cycle. Instead, you can… Read More
Tag: community psychology
The Economic Power of Community Health Workers
Healthcare is more than just treating diseases; it’s about addressing the root causes that impact health outcomes. This is where Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role. A study… Read More
Collaboration Networks in AJCP (now updated!)
Inspired by our recent deep dive into Implementation Science, I decided to dust off the code and turn it to another favorite journal, The American Journal of Community Psychology. Going… Read More
Looking at research on Community Health Workers
The problem with being super busy is that I rarely get time to sit down in right. A problem no one can relate to, I’m sure. Our sister organization, The… Read More
Community Psychology Topical Interest Group Business Meeting: Planning for the future
Cross-posting because a lot of people who come to this site also have an interest in applied research. It’s been a busy year for the American Evaluation Association’s Community Psychology… Read More
The land you live and work on.
Our sister company, The Dawn Chorus Group, is involved in many community-based research and evaluation projects. This work is part of our larger overall mission of getting good ideas into… Read More
Three Sources of Community Psychology Updates that didn’t work (and one that did)
The really important community work happens in the community, not the laboratory. To get a more robust picture of the state of community-based research and action, we’ve started looking more… Read More
C is for Champion
Whenever we go into a new setting, one of our first tasks is to find the people who to be our cheerleaders. These are your key opinion leaders, the person… Read More
Journals! Twitter! Newspapers! Oh my! The month in community psychology
For a recent post on Suicide Research, we broadened our data horizon considerably. In addition to pulling in the academic research, we also looked at the discussion on Twitter and… Read More
The dog days of COVID – July in Community Psychology
The dog days of summer can be a blessing to many who straddle the academic world. Here — finally — is the spaciousness to read, write, unwind, upwind, do all… Read More
June in Community Psychology
Not once, but twice this week, we had the opportunity to share one of our favorite community psychology stories/parables: Lenny Jason’s classic work in Dog Litter. If you don’t know… Read More
Income Inequality and Educational COVID Response
Over a year out, how did schools do in responding to COVID? The truth is we don’t quite know yet; maybe it was good, maybe it was terrible? I based… Read More