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Theoretical Foundations, Core Concepts, and Emerging Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Editorial Board \u003cbr\u003e About the Editors-in-Chief \u003cbr\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Foreword \u003cbr\u003e Series Preface \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Orientation to Theory, Core Concepts, and Emerging Challenges\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Community Psychology for the 21st Century \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeg A. Bond, Irma Serrano-García, and Christopher B. Keys\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Catalysts and Connections: The (Brief) History of Community Psychology Throughout the World \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie M. Reich, Brian Bishop, Ronelle Carolissen, Peta Dzidic, Nelson Portillo, Toshi Sasao, and Wolfgang Stark\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Ethics of Community Psychology: Actors, Values, Options, and Consequences \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlipio Sánchez Vidal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Theoretical Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The Contribution of Social Ecological Thinking to Community Psychology: Origins, Practice, and Research \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenelope Hawe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Positioning the Critical in Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScotney D. Evans, Paul Duckett, Rebecca Lawthom, and Natalie Kivell\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Feminism and Community Psychology: Compelling Convergences \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Riger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Community Psychology and Liberation Psychology: A Creative Synergy for an Ethical and Transformative Praxis \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaritza Montero, Christopher C. Sonn, and Mark Burton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Prospects for Synergies and Symbiosis: Relationships Between Community Psychology and Other Subdisciplines of Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBret Kloos and Rhonda L. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Community Psychology and Transdisciplinary Promise \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas D. Perkins and Jean J. Schensul\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Core Concepts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: The What, the How, and the Who of Empowerment: Reflections on an Intellectual History \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher B. Keys, Elizabeth McConnell, Darnell Motley, C. Lynn Liao, and Kathleen McAuliff\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Prevention and Promotion: Toward an Improved Framework for Research and Action \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. DuBois\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Inclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSita G. Patel, Kevin Tabb, and Stanley Sue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Community as a Multifaceted Concept \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMariane Krause and Cristian R. Montenegro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Social Support and Social Capital: A Theoretical Synthesis Using Community Psychology and Community Sociology Approaches \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Saegert and Richard M. Carpiano\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: On Participation and Participatory Practices \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArza Churchman, Esther Wiesenfeld, and Elisheva Sadan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Expanding Our Understanding of Context\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16: A Community Psychology Approach to Structure and Culture in Family Interventions \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCelia J. Gomez and Hirokazu Yoshikawa\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17: The Widening Economic Divide: Economic Disparities and Classism as Critical Community Context \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather E. Bullock\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18: Gender as Context: A Framework for Understanding and Addressing Gendered Qualities of Settings \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeg A. Bond and Sharon M. Wasco\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19: Situating Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Diversity in Context and Communities \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary W. Harper and Bianca D. M. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20: A Call to Consciousness: Community Psychology and Disability \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine McDonald, Dora Raymaker, and Colleen M. Gibbons\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21: Development and Context Across the Lifespan: A Community Psychology Synthesis \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily J. Ozer and Irene Russo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22: A Community Psychology Perspective on Religion and Religious Settings \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan R. Todd\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Controversies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23: Community Psychology Misdirected? The Case of Evidence-Based Interventions \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Beehler and Edison J. Trickett\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24: Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities for Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeidi J. Figueroa Sarriera and Bárbara González Hilario\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25: A Critical Look at Globalization Processes and at the Internationalization of Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonata Francescato\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 2. Methods for Community Research and Action for Diverse Groups and Issues\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Editorial Board \u003cbr\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Orientation to Methods for Community Research and Action\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The Dynamic and Interactive Role of Theory in Community Psychology Research, Practice, and Policy \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmilie Phillips Smith, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Michelle Hart, and William S. Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Foundations for a Philosophy of Science of Community Psychology: Perspectivism, Pragmatism, Feminism, and Critical Theory \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacob Kraemer Tebes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Research Methods\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Community-Based and Participatory Action Research: Community Psychology Collaborations Within and Across Borders \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Brinton Lykes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Methods for Multiple Levels of Analysis: Capturing Context, Change, and Changing Context \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick J. Fowler and Nathan R. Todd\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Kindred Spirits in Scientific Revolution: Qualitative Methods in Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnne E. Brodsky, Terri Mannarini, Sara L. Buckingham, and Jill E. Scheibler\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: More Than Metaphor: Conceptualization and Measurement of Social Setting Characteristics \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Henry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: The Practice of Program Evaluation in Community Psychology: Intersections and Opportunities for Stimulating Social Change \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Lin Miller\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Meta-Analysis: Potentials and Limitations for Synthesizing Research in Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily E. Tanner-Smith, Mark W. Lipsey, and Joseph A. Durlak\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Giving Voice -- And the Numbers, Too: Mixed Methods Research in Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Campbell, Jessica Shaw, and Katie A. Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Methods and Methodology of Systems Analysis \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Shiell and Therese Riley\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Methods for Community Change\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Empowering Interventions: Strategies for Addressing Health Inequities Across Levels of Analysis \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarc A. Zimmerman and Andria B. Eisman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Advancing Prevention Intervention From Theory to Application: Challenges and Contributions of Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. LaVome Robinson, Molly Brown, Christopher R. Beasley, and Leonard A. Jason\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Community Building: Challenges of Constructing Community \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandy Lazarus, Mohamed Seedat, and Tony Naidoo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Social Settings as Loci of Intervention \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Seidman and Elise Cappella\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Understanding and Promoting Systems Change \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePennie Foster-Fishman and Erin Watson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16: Community Psychology in the Policy Arena \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth I. Maton, Keith Humphreys, Leonard A. Jason, and Marybeth Shinn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17: Bringing Interventions to Scale: Implications and Challenges for the Field of Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllison B. Dymnicki, Abraham H. Wandersman, David M. Osher, and Allyson Pakstis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Approaches to Social Issues\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18: Immigration, Migration, and Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDina Birman and Emily Bray\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19: Toward a Contextual Analysis of Violence: Employing Community Psychology to Advance Problem Definition, Solutions, and Future Directions \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole E. Allen and Shabnam Javdani\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20: Understanding and Alleviating Economic Hardship: Contributions From Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarybeth Shinn and Mark M. McCormack\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21: Promoting Healthy Communities for Population Health \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarcy A. Freedman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22: Creating Transformative Change in Community Mental Health: Contributions From Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Nelson, Bret Kloos, and José Ornelas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23: Substance Use and Misuse: The Community Psychology of Prevention, Intervention, and Policy \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradley D. Olson, James Emshoff, and Rafael Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24: Community Psychology and Educational Disparities: The Role of Social Settings and Status \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Strambler, Lance H. Linke, and Nadia L. Ward\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25: Disasters and Postdisasters: Lessons and Challenges for Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTesania Velázquez, Miryam Rivera-Holguin, and Roxanna Morote\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 26: Environmental Degradation and Sustainability: A Community Psychology Perspective \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManuel Riemer and Niki Harré\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Working With Diverse Groups\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 27: Cultural Integrity and African American Empowerment: Insights and Practical Implications for Community Psychology \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Jagers, Faheemah N. Mustafaa, and Blake Noel\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 28: A Contemporary Perspective on Working With Asian and Asian American Communities in the United States \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNellie Tran and Wing Yi Chan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 29: Community Psychology Interventions and U.S. Latinos and Latinas \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernadette Sánchez, Claudio Rivera, C. Lynn Liao, and Alison L. Mroczkowski\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 30: Wellness Interventions for Indigenous Communities in the United States: Exemplars for Action Research \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph P. Gone, William E. Hartmann, and Mallory G. Sprague\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 31: Arab Americans in Context: A Sociocultural Ecological Perspective for Understanding the Arab American Experience \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSawssan R. Ahmed and Mouna Mana\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 32: Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Lives of Women and Girls: Problems and Possibilities \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Gridley, Colleen Turner, Catherine D'Arcy, Emma Sampson, and Monica Madyaningrum\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 33: Interventions With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Communities \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Nieves-Lugo, Cynthia A. Rohrbeck, Nadine Nakamura, and María Cecilia Zea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 34: Promoting Empowerment Among Individuals With Disabilities \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFabricio Balcazar and Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 35: Community Psychology Approaches to Intervention With Children and Adolescents \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathryn E. Grant, Darius Tandon, Sharon Lambert, Farahnaz K. Farahmand, Katherine Ross, Charlynn Odahl-Ruan, and Patrick Tolan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 36: Toward a Community Psychology of Aging: A Lifespan Perspective \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew J. Hostetler and Susan E. Paterson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Becoming and Being a Community Psychologist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 37: Educating Community Psychologists in a Changing World \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrma Serrano-García, David Pérez-Jiménez, and Soélix M. Rodríguez Medina\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 38: Career Opportunities for Community Psychologists \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan D. McMahon and Susan M. Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMeg A. Bond, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a professor of psychology, director of the Center for Women and Work, and cocoordinator of the graduate program in community social psychology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is also a resident scholar at the Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center. Her publications have addressed sexual harassment, collaboration among diverse constituencies, and empowerment dynamics for underrepresented groups in community and organizational settings. Her book, \n\u003ci\u003eWorkplace Chemistry: Promoting Diversity Through Organizational Change\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicles a long-term organizational change project focused on issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. Her ongoing scholarship focuses on diversity-related workplace dynamics in community health centers and challenges faced by women in STEM fields. Her particular emphasis is on the subtle interpersonal dynamics and qualities of work settings that present barriers to the full integration and thriving of members of non-dominant groups. Dr. Bond has served on the editorial boards of several psychology journals and is currently on the boards of the \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Community Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eAdvances in Community Psychology: The Book Series of the Society for Community Research and Action\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the years, she has been elected to several positions on the executive committee of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA), including serving as president in 1997-1998 and as the current chair of the publications committee. She has received two career awards from SCRA -- a Special Contributions Award (2001) and the Ethnic Minority Mentoring Award (2009). She has also played leadership roles within the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), including as a member of the Executive Committee and as a founding cochair of the Public Policy Committee. Dr. Bond has also served as chair of the APA Committee on Women and as a member of the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest. Dr. Bond is a fellow of the APA, SCRA, SPSSI, and the Society for the Psychology of Women. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIrma Serrano-García, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a retired professor of the department of psychology at the University of Puerto Rico. She holds a post doctorate in public policy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, a PhD in social-community psychology from the University of Michigan, and a BA and MA in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico. She was the first woman editor-in-chief of the \n\u003ci\u003eInteramerican Journal of Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e and has been on the editorial board of 12 peer reviewed journals both in the United States and abroad. She has more than 125 scholarly publications including journal articles, book chapters, and books, including \n\u003ci\u003eContribuciones Puertorriqueñas a la Psicología Social Comunitaria\u003c\/i\u003e [Puerto Rican Contributions to Social Community Psychology] coedited with Wayne Rosario and \n\u003ci\u003eHistorias de Psicología Comunitaria en América Latina \u003c\/i\u003e[Histories of Community Psychology in Latin America], coedited with Maritza Montero. Dr. Serrano-García has been on the Executive Committee of the Interamerican Society of Psychology, the Puerto Rico Psychology Association, and the Society for Community Research and Action. Dr. Serrano-García has been a member of various APA committees and boards, including the Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs, the Committee of Women in Psychology, the Committee on International Relations in Psychology, the Committee on Psychology and AIDS, the Board of Ethnic Minority Affairs, and the Board of Social and Ethical Responsibility. Dr. Serrano-García has also represented APA Divisions 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and 27 (Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology) on the APA council. She has coordinated many professional events among which the most notable are the Interamerican Congress of Psychology and the First International Conference of Community Psychology, both in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has presented her work across five continents. She has received various awards, including the Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology Award from APA, the Psychologist of the Year Award, and the Life-Time Achievement Award from the Puerto Rican Psychological Association and the Interamerican Psychologist of the Year Award from the Interamerican Society of Psychology. Dr. Serrano-García continues to publish about community psychology, social change, participatory research, public policy, program evaluation, and university teaching and learning and is a consultant to nonprofit organizations and universities. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChristopher B. Keys, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a professor emeritus and former chair of psychology departments at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and DePaul University. He has also been a founder and chair of the community psychology doctoral program in the psychology department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a professor and codirector of the advocacy and empowerment of minorities program in the department of disability and human development at University of Illinois at Chicago. He was the founding associate dean for research in the college of science and health at DePaul University. Dr. Keys's research has focused on organizational approaches to community psychology, organizational empowerment, community research issues, and the positive community psychology of disability. He coedited an issue of the \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Community Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e on organizational approaches to community psychology, and two issues of the \n\u003ci\u003eJournal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community\u003c\/i\u003e on community psychology and disability and on inclusion of students with disabilities in schools, all initial special issues on these topics in community psychology. He was one of the principal organizers for the two Chicago conferences on research methods and issues in community psychology, each of which yielded an edited book on the topic. He has mentored many community psychology students and colleagues over time. Working with them has been a major delight of his professional life. He contributed to the development of the first doctoral program in disability studies in the world at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has coauthored and coedited more than 125 articles, chapters, and books on community psychology and disability-related topics. Dr. Keys has lectured and conducted workshops in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. The World Bank selected him to lecture in China on organizational change in schools in 1991. The Australian Ministry on Human Services and Health invited him to be the international observer for the First Australian Conference on Disability Advocacy in 1994. For five decades he has consulted on organizational, management, and staff issues for academic, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations. Dr. Keys is a fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action and APA and a founding fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association. He has served as president of the Society for Community Research and Action and as chair of the Council of Community Psychology Program Directors and of the Council of Training Directors. Dr. Keys has also been a member of the APA Committee on Accreditation. He was honored to receive the Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology Award from the Society for Community Research and Action in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAPA Handbook of Community Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a snapshot of the field of community psychology 50 years later. Themes of social ecology, empowerment, social justice, and prevention\/promotion are clearly embedded throughout the book. A mix of senior authors and newer contributors offers both historical perspectives and fresh approaches to the field.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \"PsycCRITIQUES\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis two-volume handbook summarizes and makes sense of exciting intellectual developments in the field of community psychology. As a discipline that is considered a half century old in the United States, community psychology has grown in the sophistication and reach of theories and research. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reviewing the chapters of the \n\u003ci\u003eAPA Handbook of Community Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader will readily notice several themes emerge. Community psychology's ideas are becoming increasingly elaborated; its theory, research and interventions more situated; and its reach in both thought and action, more expansive. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ideas that may have seemed much simpler when first proposed -- for example, community, prevention and empowerment -- have come to pose challenges, contradictions and opportunities initially unspecified and perhaps unimagined. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Under the editorial direction of Meg A. Bond, Irma Serrano-García, Christopher B. 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