title: Building healthier communities for children and families: applying asset-based community development to community pediatrics.
abstract: Social capital is the power of social networks and relationships, which constitute the social environment. Social capital has been associated with many measures of health and development. Asset-based community development (ABCD) provides a framework to increase social capital and build stronger, healthier communities for children. ABCD is a strength-based approach to community building that emphasizes bringing together community assets including individual community members, voluntary associations, and institutions. How pediatricians can apply ABCD to child health is described.
authors.affiliation: Communities and Physicians Together, Sacramento, California, USA. richard.pan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Littlefield
authors.forename: Sara G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Valladolid
authors.forename: Peggy J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tapping
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States