TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing the theory and measurement of collective empowerment
T2 - A qualitative study
AU - Reininger, Belinda
AU - Martin, David W.
AU - Ross, Michael
AU - Sinicrope, Pamela Smith
AU - Dinh-Zarr, Tho
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Grounded Theory, a qualitative research method, was used to fully describe the construct of empowerment and its measurement in racially and ethnically diverse urban and rural neighborhoods. Forty-nine grass roots experts, primarily from six communities in Texas, participated via semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Observational data were also collected. Results revealed that the framework of collective empowerment has two main dimensions: ten processes necessary for developing greater empowerment and eight long-term outcomes that result from the process strategies. The two main dimensions of collective empowerment are cyclically, rather than linearly, related. While the results are unique to the communities studied because of the nature of the analysis, the process by which they were elucidated can
AB - Grounded Theory, a qualitative research method, was used to fully describe the construct of empowerment and its measurement in racially and ethnically diverse urban and rural neighborhoods. Forty-nine grass roots experts, primarily from six communities in Texas, participated via semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Observational data were also collected. Results revealed that the framework of collective empowerment has two main dimensions: ten processes necessary for developing greater empowerment and eight long-term outcomes that result from the process strategies. The two main dimensions of collective empowerment are cyclically, rather than linearly, related. While the results are unique to the communities studied because of the nature of the analysis, the process by which they were elucidated can
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U2 - 10.2190/8588-68K4-07M3-7164
DO - 10.2190/8588-68K4-07M3-7164
M3 - Article
C2 - 17686745
AN - SCOPUS:34547159129
SN - 0272-684X
VL - 25
SP - 211
EP - 238
JO - International Quarterly of Community Health Education
JF - International Quarterly of Community Health Education
IS - 3
ER -