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What is Asset-Based Community Development and How Might It Improve the Health of People With Long-Term Conditions? A Realist Synthesis

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  • Christian Blickem
  • Shoba Dawson
  • Susan Kirk
  • Ivaylo Vassilev
  • Amy Mathieson
  • Rebecca Harrison
  • Peter Bower
  • Jonathan Lamb

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Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) appears to be a promising way to supporting people with long-term health problems but there is currently a lack of evidence to support this approach. Taking a realist approach, a review and concept-mapping exercise of ABCD approaches to improve health were conducted with a view to providing a better understanding about these approaches, how they work, and who they work for. Totally, 29 papers were deemed relevant and included in the review. The realist synthesis and concept mapping helped to identify concepts most commonly associated with ABCD but found no papers focused on long-term conditions (LTCs) and thus no evidence that this approach improves health outcomes for people with LTCs. While there is a lack of clarity about how to implement ABCD or how to evaluate it, this article offers a clearer theoretical framework about the essential ingredients needed to activate ABCD.

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  • Christian Blickem & Shoba Dawson & Susan Kirk & Ivaylo Vassilev & Amy Mathieson & Rebecca Harrison & Peter Bower & Jonathan Lamb, 2018. "What is Asset-Based Community Development and How Might It Improve the Health of People With Long-Term Conditions? A Realist Synthesis," SAGE Open, , vol. 8(3), pages 21582440187, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:8:y:2018:i:3:p:2158244018787223
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244018787223
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