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Assumptions and Values of Community Health Psychology

Michael Murray

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Geoffrey Nelson

Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Blake Poland

University of Toronto, Canada

Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale

University of Windsor, Canada

Lorraine Ferris

University of Toronto, Canada

There is a need to widen the practice of health psychologists to include the theories and methods of community psychology and an awareness of contemporary issues in community health. The aim of such a community health psychology would be both to deepen our understanding of the aetiology of health and illness in society and to develop strategies that will contribute to a reduction in human suffering and an improvement in quality of life. The aim of this article is to review the background and assumptions of community health psychology and to consider some values that would underlie such an approach.

Key Words: community psychology • health psychology

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 2, 323-333 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105304040897
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