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Using community arts events to enhance collective efficacy and community engagement to address depression in an African American community

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  • Chung, B.
  • Jones, L.
  • Jones, A.
  • Corbett, C.E.
  • Booker, T.
  • Wells, K.B.
  • Collins, B.

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Objectives. We used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles. Methods. We collected survey data from participants at arts events sponsored by a CPPR workgroup. Both exploratory (photography exhibit; n=747) and confirmatory (spoken word presentations; n=104) structural equation models were developed to examine how knowledge and attitudes toward depression influenced community engagement. Results. In all models, collective efficacy to improve depression care independently predicted community engagement in terms of addressing depression (B=0.64-0.97; P

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  • Chung, B. & Jones, L. & Jones, A. & Corbett, C.E. & Booker, T. & Wells, K.B. & Collins, B., 2009. "Using community arts events to enhance collective efficacy and community engagement to address depression in an African American community," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(2), pages 237-244.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2008.141408_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.141408
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    1. Roberta Lynn Woodgate & Pauline Tennent & Nicole Legras, 2021. "Understanding Youth’s Lived Experience of Anxiety through Metaphors: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-21, April.
    2. Robin Keegan & Leslie T. Grover & David Patron & Olivia K. Sugarman & Krystal Griffith & Suzy Sonnier & Benjamin F. Springgate & Lauren Crapanzano Jumonville & Sarah Gardner & Willie Massey & Jeanne M, 2018. "Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-13, June.

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