title: Community Wise: Development of a Model to Address Oppression in Order to Promote Individual and Community Health.
abstract: Communities with histories of oppression have shown great resilience. Yet few health interventions focus on structural oppression as a contributor to health problems in these communities. This paper describes the development and active ingredients of Community Wise, a unique behavioral-health intervention designed to reduce substance use frequency, related health risk behaviors, and recidivism among individuals with a history of incarceration and substance abuse residing in distressed and predominantly African American communities. Community Wise, developed through the collaborative efforts of a board of service providers, researchers, consumers, and government officials, is a 12-week group intervention that aims to address behavioral-health problems by raising critical consciousness in distressed communities.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Liliane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rogério M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Principal Investigator, Special Populations Research, National Development and Research Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.affiliation: Project Director, School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jessell
authors.affiliation: Doctoral Candidate, School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jemal
keywords: community; health risks; intervention; oppression; substance abuse