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Peer reviewedMcCormack, Cathy – Community Development Journal, 1993
The health problems caused by damp housing in Glasgow, Scotland, led to a grass-roots community action campaign that improved living conditions. A second step was preventive health measures and research into other causes of ill health in disadvantaged areas. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWallerstein, Nina – Community Development Journal, 1993
Empowerment as social action addresses lack of control by enhancing participation in community action. An alcohol and substance abuse prevention program for New Mexico adolescents used Freire's problem posing and critical thinking philosophy and methods to empower young people to change their health behavior. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Change, Empowerment, Health
