The single practitioner and community engagement: bridging the gap between practice and social action.
Urban communities, with their myriad systemic problems of poverty, social dysfunction, and diminishing public and private resources compounded by endemic health and economic disparities, provide the single psychologist practitioner with a rewarding opportunity to become involved in urban community activities and to make a positive impact. Finding common ground for discourse and action with community members can benefit both the community and the psychologist by helping them to identify, understand, and engage the community in developing solutions for community-based problems faced by residents on a daily basis.
Dale
Grady
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American Institute for Urban Psychological Studies, Inc., USA. gpsych@earthlink.net
D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008396:Maryland; D011364:Professional Practice; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012940:Social Problems; D014505:Urban Population; D001741:Black or African American