1st Edition
Prevention and Intervention Practice in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Meet the challenge posed by South African society for community psychology!
Prevention and Intervention Practice in Post-Apartheid South Africa presents theoretical, methodological, and training frameworks for violence prevention and interventions in oppressed South African communities following the end of apartheid. Researchers and practitioners examine psychological practices that empower these communitieshistorically marginalized and lacking in resourcesto define and transform the sociopolitical and economic conditions that perpetuate the problems, risk factors, and needs associated with injustice and inequality. The book addresses violence prevention in low-income communities, injury prevention reform, non-traditional leadership alternatives, training procedures, and the use of schools as settings for community-based prevention.
Prevention and Intervention Practice in Post-Apartheid South Africa strives to extend effective mental health services to all South African citizens, broadening the definition and scope of intervention for practitioners who respond to public health needs. The book challenges traditional psychological paradigms, putting prevention before curative interventions. Topics covered include:
- violence prevention in low-income communities
- using case studies to influence injury prevention reform
- training women for leadership
- using school as a setting for community-based prevention
- using rapid assessment procedures in training practitioners
- and much more!
- Preface
- Introduction
- Promoting Methodological Pluralism, Theoretical Diversity and Interdisciplinarity Through a Multi-Leveled Violence Prevention Initiative in South Africa
- The Use of Public Health Research in Stimulating Violence and Injury Prevention Practices and Policies: Reflections from South Africa
- Women’s Leadership Programs in South Africa: A Strategy for Community Intervention
- Intervening in Communities at Multiple Levels: Combining Curative and Preventive Interventions
- Building Health Promoting and Inclusive Schools in South Africa: Community-Based Prevention in Action
- Rapid Assessment Procedures: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Field Training in Community Prevention and Intervention
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Vija Franchi, Norman Duncan