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Fostering Empowering Participation in Prevention Programs for Disadvantaged Children and Families: Lessons From Ten Demonstration Sites

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1999

Abstract

Empowering participation is relevant to many prevention programs. Yet many attempts at empowerment proceed without any clear understanding of the nature of empowerment or the practical requirements of an empowering process. This paper draws on the extensive program-development research for two Canadian prevention projects for disadvantaged children and families: the Parent Mutual Aid Organizations in Child Welfare Project and the Better Beginnings. Better Futures Prevention Project. The lessons learned in these projects about fostering empowering participation are summarized. The paper emphasizes the necessity to respect the demanding and complex requirements of successful empowering participation as well as the need to balance empowering participation with other priorities in prevention programs and projects.

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L'empowerment participatif est applicable è de nombreux programmes de prévention. Cependant, la plupart des tentatives d'empowerment se font sans une idée claire de la nature de l'empowerment ni des besoins pratiques d'un processus d'empowerment. Cet article est basé sur la recherche sur le développement des programmes de deux projets canadiens de prévention pour les enfants et les families désavantages: les Parent Mutual Aid Organizations dans le Child Welfare Project et le Better Beginnings. Better Futures Prevention Project. On fait le bilan des leçons sur la favorisation de l'empowerment apprises lors de ces projets. L'article met l'accent sur la nécessité de respecter les conditions complexes et exigeantes requises pour le succès de l'empowerment participatif aussi bien que sur la nécessité d'équilibrer l'empowerment participalif avec les autres priorités dans les programmes et projets de prévention.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 18Number 1April 1999
Pages: 105 - 121

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Version of record online: 4 May 2009

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Gary Cameron
Wilfrid Laurier University
Susan Cadell
Wilfrid Laurier University

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