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dc.contributor.authorMcMurray, AM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:51:34Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:51:34Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn1037-6178
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10376178.2011.11002568
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/45809
dc.description.abstractAn ecological view of health contends that health is created within the psychological, social, cultural, educational, physical and economic conditions that surround people's lives. Communities provide the template for many of these conditions, and are therefore integral to the development of health and wellbeing. 'Enabling' communities are those that optimise, rather than constrain opportunities for good health, and in this respect, the enabling community captures the essence of the relationship between health and place. An enabling community for child and family health is where families are central to community life, and where information, services and resources converge on the common goal of helping children reach their developmental potential. Although family cultural factors and behaviours are major determinants of children's health and development, an enabling community adds the backdrop for the health promoting networks and associations that shape social connectedness. Enabling communities can nurture connectedness through features of the physical landscape, places and opportunities for community interactions, attitudes of inclusiveness and tolerance, and policies and support services that are geared towards empowerment and capacity development.
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publishereContent Management
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2
dc.relation.ispartofpageto4
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalContemporary Nurse
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599
dc.titleThe enabling community for child and family health
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC3 - Articles (Letter/ Note)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 e-Content Management Pty Ltd. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2015-04-10T00:51:28Z
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gro.griffith.authorMcMurray, Anne M.


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