Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia
Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), a guide for building healthier communities, was used to promote positive change in a rural southwest Virginia community. This paper illustrates how community assets were recognized and social capital increased as children painted a mural depicting the histor...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University
2012-04-01
|
| Series: | Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| Online Access: | https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/163 |
| _version_ | 1797633390596325376 |
|---|---|
| author | Tauna Gulley |
| author_facet | Tauna Gulley |
| author_sort | Tauna Gulley |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), a guide for building healthier communities, was used to promote positive change in a rural southwest Virginia community. This paper illustrates how community assets were recognized and social capital increased as children painted a mural depicting the history of the community. A literature review of successful community building partnership models is provided and implications for nursing education are discussed, including suggestions for teaching collaboration skills for effective community partnering. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T11:53:25Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-001bf9f3ae62429da8a0e37e140f4329 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1539-3399 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T11:53:25Z |
| publishDate | 2012-04-01 |
| publisher | Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| spelling | doaj.art-001bf9f3ae62429da8a0e37e140f43292023-11-08T20:14:57ZengRural Nurse Organization; Binghamton UniversityOnline Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care1539-33992012-04-0161213110.14574/ojrnhc.v6i1.163155Building Community Capacity in Southwest VirginiaTauna Gulley0University of Virginia’s College at WiseAsset Based Community Development (ABCD), a guide for building healthier communities, was used to promote positive change in a rural southwest Virginia community. This paper illustrates how community assets were recognized and social capital increased as children painted a mural depicting the history of the community. A literature review of successful community building partnership models is provided and implications for nursing education are discussed, including suggestions for teaching collaboration skills for effective community partnering.https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/163 |
| spellingShingle | Tauna Gulley Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| title | Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia |
| title_full | Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia |
| title_fullStr | Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia |
| title_short | Building Community Capacity in Southwest Virginia |
| title_sort | building community capacity in southwest virginia |
| url | https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/163 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT taunagulley buildingcommunitycapacityinsouthwestvirginia |