Community Resilience Interventions

Participatory, Assessment-Based, Action-Oriented Processes

Pfefferbaum, Betty
Pfefferbaum, Rose L.
Van Horn, Richard L.

¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
²Phoenix Community College, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Betty Pfefferbaum, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, WP3217, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA. Email: [email protected]

American Behavioral Scientist 59(2):p 238-253, February 2015. | DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550298

This article compares six interventions to enhance community resilience. In this review, underlying principles for community resilience interventions are (a) use a multihazard approach relevant to the local context, (b) utilize community assessment, (c) focus on community engagement, (d) adhere to bioethical principles, (e) emphasize both assets and needs, and (f) encourage skill development. The interventions are compared with respect to parameters that address their foundation, methodology, and implementation.