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How healthy is your ‘community of practice’? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article explores cultural change and situated approaches to learning as a basis for understanding developments in the daily life of the probation organization. These are highlighted in the concept of ‘communities of practice’ that describes learning
Lynch, R.
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The disempowerment of early childhood practitioners in impoverished and marginalised communities

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: Quality early childhood programmes have proven to be highly cost-effective in reversing the detrimental consequences of poverty on children’s development. However, these programmes can only influence developmental outcomes of poor children if
Tilana Knafo   +2 more
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Exploring the Praxis of Occupational Therapy-Community Development Practitioners [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Background. A growing body of occupational therapy knowledge and practice focuses not on health but on social transformation, and couples occupational therapy with community development. A tension in both these fields is the disconnect between what practitioners espouse and what they do, limiting the potential of practice.
Laura Irvine-Brown   +2 more
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Providing culturally sensitive diabetes self-management education and support for black African and Caribbean communities: a qualitative exploration of the challenges experienced by healthcare practitioners in inner London

open access: yesBMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2020
Introduction Poor access to, and engagement with, diabetes healthcare is a significant issue for black British communities who are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes (T2D). Tackling these inequalities is a healthcare priority.
Carol Rivas   +3 more
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Navigating Privilege and Colorism

open access: yesVoices, 2021
Discussions about cultural responsiveness for mental health practitioners often perpetuate colonizing frameworks. By centering White therapists’ awareness of power and privilege when working with people of color, dominant paradigms in the field can ...
Johannil Napoleon
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Relationships between dental personnel and non-dental primary health care providers in rural and remote Queensland, Australia: dental perspectives

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2017
Background Collaboration between dental practitioners and non-dental primary care providers has the potential to improve oral health care for people in rural and remote communities, where access to oral health services is limited.
Jackie Stuart   +3 more
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Socially-Tolerated Practices in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Reporting: Discourses, Displacement, and Impoverishment

open access: yesLand, 2020
Normative guidelines for addressing project-induced displacement and resettlement have been successful in coercing companies and practitioners to comply with international standards and local requirements.
Abosede Ijabadeniyi, Frank Vanclay
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Changes in practitioners’ attitudes, perceived training needs and self-efficacy over the implementation process of an evidence-based parenting program

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Evidence-based family support programs such as the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program have the potential to enhance the well-being of children and families.
Marie-Kim Côté, Marie-Hélène Gagné
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Comprehending practitioners’ assessments of community-led total sanitation

open access: yesHealth Promotion International, 2018
Abstract Around 2.3 billion people in developing countries still lack access to improved sanitation facilities and almost one billion practice open defecation (OD). The Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has recently become a particularly popular approach used in more than 60 countries.
František Ficek, Josef Novotný
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The Law School Consortium Project: Law Schools Supporting Graduates to Increase Access to Justice for Low and Moderate Income Individuals and Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The Law School Consortium Project is an organization with the goal of extending the educational and professionalism missions of law schools beyond graduation to provide training, mentoring, and other support to solo and small-firm lawyers.
Howard, Deborah
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