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Complexity and Community Context: Learning from the Evaluation Design of a National Community Empowerment Programme

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  • Jane South

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

  • Daniel Button

    (New Economics Foundation, London SE1 7HB, UK)

  • Annie Quick

    (New Economics Foundation, London SE1 7HB, UK)

  • Anne-Marie Bagnall

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

  • Joanne Trigwell

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

  • Jenny Woodward

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

  • Susan Coan

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

  • Kris Southby

    (Centre for Health Promotion Research, School of Health and Community Studies, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK)

Abstract

Community empowerment interventions, which aim to build greater individual and community control over health, are shaped by the community systems in which they are implemented. Drawing on complex systems thinking in public health research, this paper discusses the evaluation approach used for a UK community empowerment programme focused on disadvantaged neighbourhoods. It explores design choices and the tension between the overall enquiry questions, which were based on a programme theory of change, and the varied dynamic socio-cultural contexts in intervention communities. The paper concludes that the complexity of community systems needs to be accounted for through in-depth case studies that incorporate community perspectives.

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  • Jane South & Daniel Button & Annie Quick & Anne-Marie Bagnall & Joanne Trigwell & Jenny Woodward & Susan Coan & Kris Southby, 2019. "Complexity and Community Context: Learning from the Evaluation Design of a National Community Empowerment Programme," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-13, December.
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