We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Participation in Different Fields of Practice: Using Social Theory to Understand Participation in Community Health Promotion.
- Authors
Stephens, Christine
- Abstract
'Participation' by community members in health-related programmes is an appealing concept that has not always been easy to achieve. Such programmes are often directed towards communities defined on the basis of neighbourhood or group identity. This article aims to develop an account of participation and identity by drawing on Bourdieu's theory of practice to understand participation as the practice of social identities structured by habitus, capital and field. Examples from interviews with members of one deprived neighbourhood illustrate the theory by showing that people may identify with their neighbourhood for certain social purposes, but have different identity practices in different fields of practice. Implications for community-based health programmes are briefly outlined.
- Subjects
HEALTH promotion; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); COMMUNITIES; PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Journal of Health Psychology, 2007, Vol 12, Issue 6, p949
- ISSN
1359-1053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1359105307082462