Glanz & Rimer - Part 2 Flashcards

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According to the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), what is the most important determinant of behaviour?

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Behavioural intention.

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Expectations (Social Cognitive Theory)

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Anticipated outcomes of a behaviour

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Precaution Adoption Model

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7 distinct stages in the journey from lack of awareness to adoption and/or maintenance of a behaviour.

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Relevance (community organization)

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Community organizing that starts where the people are, activating participants to address issues that are important to them.

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Preparation (Stages of Change Model)

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Intends to take action within the next thirty days and has taken some behavioural steps in this direction.

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Five stages in the Stages of Change Model

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Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.

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Communication channels (Diffusion of Innovations Theory)

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The means of transmitting the new idea from one person to another.

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What factors determine how quickly, and to what extent, an innovation will be adopted and diffused?

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Relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability.

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What is a potential change strategy during the Precontemplation stage? (Stages of Change Model)

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Increasing awareness of need for change. Personalized information about risks and benefits.

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Stages of the Precaution Adoption Model

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Unaware of issue. Unengaged by issue. Deciding about acting. Decided Not to act. Decided to act. Acting. Maintenance.

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The media

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Interconnected, large scale organizations the gather, process, and disseminate news, information, entertainment, and advertising worldwide.

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Communication Theory describes…

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… how different types of communication affect health behavior.

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Compatibility (Key attributes affecting the speed and extent of an innovation’s diffusion)

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An appropriate fit with the intended audience

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Three general types of community organizing:

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Locality development, social planning, social action.

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Action (Stages of Change Model)

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Has changed behaviour for less than six months.

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Diffusion of Innovation Theory addresses…

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… how ideas, products, and social practises that are perceived as “new” spread throughout a society or from one society to another.

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Which theory did Social Cognitive Theory evolve from?

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Social Learning Theory

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Time (Diffusion of Innovations Theory)

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How long it takes to adopt the innovation

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The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) explores the relationships between…

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Behaviour and beliefs, attitudes, and intention.

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Generalized learning

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In addition to the message Self, people are persuaded about concepts related to the message.

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Critical consciousness (community organization)

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Awareness of social, political, and economic forces that contribute to social problems.

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Precontemplation (Stages of Change Model)

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Has no intention of taking action within the next six months

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Framing

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A process in which someone tells the audience what aspect of the story is important.

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Self-efficacy (Social Cognitive Theory)

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Confidence in one’s ability to take action and overcome barriers

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What does the Social Cognitive Theory explore and describe?

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It explores the reciprocal interactions of people and their environments, and the psychosocial determinants of health behaviour. It describes a dynamic, ongoing process in which personal factors, environmental factors, and human behaviour exert influence upon each other.

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According to Social Cognitive Theory, which three main factors affect the likelihood that a person will change a health behaviour?

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Self-efficacy, goals, and outcome expectancies.

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Social diffusion

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Messages stimulate discussion among social groups, thereby affecting beliefs.

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How does the social action model differ from other forms of community intervention?

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It is grassroots-based, conflict oriented, and geared to mobilizing disadvantage people to act on their own behalf.

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Reciprocal determinism (Social Cognitive Theory)

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The dynamic interaction of the person, behaviour, and the environment in which the behaviour is performed.

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Behavioural Capability (Social Cognitive Theory)

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Knowledge and skills to perform a given behaviour.

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Social planning

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Task oriented. Stresses problem-solving and usually relies heavily on expert practitioners.

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Which theories and perspectives work well with community organization?

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And ecological perspective, social cognitive theory based strategies, social networks and social support theories, and social systems theory.

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Subjective Norm (Theory of Planned Behaviour)

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Beliefs about whether key people approve or disapprove of the behaviour motivation to behave in a way that gains their approval.

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Relative advantage (Key attributes affecting the speed and extent of an innovation’s diffusion)

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Shows it’s superiority over whatever it replaces

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What influences a person’s attitude toward performing a behaviour in the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)?

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A person’s attitude toward performing a behaviour and subjective norms

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What does Social Learning Theory assert?

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People learn not only from their own experiences, but by observing the actions of others and the benefits of those actions.

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What is a potential change strategy during the Action stage? (Stages of Change Model)

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Feedback, problem solving, social support, and reinforcements.

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What is a potential change strategy during the Preparation stage? (Stages of Change Model)

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Assist with developing and implementing concrete action plans; help set gradual goals.

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At the interpersonal level, what do theories of health behaviour assume?

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That individuals exist within, and are influenced by, a social environment.

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What is a potential change strategy during the Maintenance stage? (Stages of Change Model)

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Assist with coping, reminders, finding alternatives, avoiding slips/relapses.

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Innovation (Diffusion of Innovations Theory)

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An idea, object, or practice that is thought to be new by an individual, organization, or community.

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The Precaution Adoption Model prompts practitioners to develop intervention strategies that take into account…

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the stages that precede active decision-making.

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What is one of the most frequently used and robust health behaviour theories?

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The Social Cognitive Theory.

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Community Organization and Other Participatory Models emphasize…

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… community driven approach to assessing and solving health and social problems.

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Social system (Diffusion of Innovations Theory)

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A group of individuals who together adopt the innovation

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Is the Stages of Change Model linear or circular?

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Circular

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Basic premise of the Stages of Change Model

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Behaviour change is a process, not an event.

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What are the possible paths through which a health communication message can influence someone’s beliefs and/or behaviors.

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Immediate learning, delayed learning, generalized learning, social diffusion, and institutional diffusion.

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Diffusion of Innovations Theory addresses…

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… how new ideas, products, and social practises spread within an organization, community, or society, or from one society to another.

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Media advocacy

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Involves using the mass media strategically to advance public policies.

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Delayed learning

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The impact of the message is not processed until sometime after it has been conveyed.

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What does media advocacy seek to do?

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Balance news coverage by framing issues to emphasize social, economic, and political – rather than personal and behavioural - influences on health.

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Observability (Key attributes affecting the speed and extent of an innovation’s diffusion)

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Reflects whether the Innovacion will produce tangible results.

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Complexity (Key attributes affecting the speed and extent of an innovation’s diffusion)

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How easy it is to implement the innovation

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Issue selection (community organization)

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Identifying immediate, specific, and realizable targets for change that unify and build community strength.

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Contemplation (Stages of Change Model)

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Intends to take action in the next six months.

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Public health communications

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The scientific development, strategic dissemination, and evaluation of relevant, acute, accessible, and understandable health information, communicated to and from intended audience is to advance the publics health.

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Trialability (Key attributes affecting the speed and extent of an innovation’s diffusion)

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Pertains to whether an innovation could be tried on an experimental basis.

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How does the Theory of Planned Behaviour differ from the Theory of Reasoned Action?

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The Theory of Planned Behaviour includes an additional construct: perceived behavioural control.

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Strict definition of community organizing assume…

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… that the community itself identifies with the problems to address.

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Institutional diffusion

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Messages instigate a response from public institutions that reinforces the message’s impact on the target audience.

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What is a potential change strategy during the Contemplation stage? (Stages of Change Model)

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Motivation. Encouraging someone to make specific plans.

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Whose priorities should community organizing projects start with?

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The community’s priorities, rather than externally imposed agenda.

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What is seen as motivation for action in a social action approach to community organizing?

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Self interest

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Perceived Behavioural Control (Theory of Planned Behaviour)

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Belief that one has, and can exercise, control over performing the behaviour.

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Two-step flow of communication

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Information flows from the mass media to opinion leaders to the general public.

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Participation (community organization)

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Engagement of community members as equal partners; reflects the principle, “never do for others what they can do for themselves”

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Diffusion of innovation

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The process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels overtime among the members of a social system.

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When applied to public health, what is the central question theories of communication seek to answer?

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How do you communication processes contribute to, or discourage, behaviour change?

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Media effects

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The outcomes of media dissemination of ideas, images, themes, and stories.

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Behavioural Intention (Theory of Planned Behaviour)

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Perceived likelihood of performing behaviour.

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Social action

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Both process and task oriented. It’s goals are to increase the community capacity to solve problems and to achieve concrete changes that redress social injustices.

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Community capacity (community organization)

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Characteristics of a community that allow it to identify social problems and address them.

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Observational Learning (modeling) (Social Cognitive Theory)

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Behavioural acquisition that occurs by watching the actions and outcomes of other’s behaviour.

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Reinforcements (Social Cognitive Theory)

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Responses to a person’s behaviour that increase or decrease the likelihood of recurrence

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Agenda setting

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Involves setting the media agenda (what is covered), the public agenda (what people think about), and the policy agenda (regulatory or legislative actions on issues).

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Maintenance (Stages of Change Model)

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Has changes behaviour for more than six months.

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Why is perceived behavioural control important?

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if a person believes that they have a high degree of control over a behaviour, they might try higher to perform it.

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Attitude (Theory of Planned Behaviour)

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Personal evaluation of the behaviour.

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Five categories of adopters

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Innovators, early adopters, early majority adopters, late majority adopters, and laggards.

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Locality development a.k.a. community development

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Process oriented. With the aim of developing group identity and cohesion, it focusses on building consensus and capacity.

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The root of most health problems according to media advocacy is…

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… not that people lack information, but that they like the power to change social and economic conditions.

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Empowerment (community organization)

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A social action process through which individuals, organizations, or communities gain confidence and skills to improve their quality of life.

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Immediate learning

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People learn directly from the message

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What are the key concepts in the Diffusion of Innovation Theory?

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Innovation, communication channels, social system, and time.