BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131755 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Community Psychology Keynote: Jacob Kraemer Tebes PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200617T110000 DTEND:20200617T122000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:USING A POPULATION HEALTH PERSPECTIVE TO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
JACOB KRAEMER TEBES (YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE)
CHAIR: ROBEY B. CHAMPINE, PHD

Community psychology seeks to transform communities to promote health, well-being, and social justice. Community transformation can involve entire cities and towns as well as neighborhoods and other social settings, such as schools. Increasingly, community psychologists are drawing on population health science to conceptualize community transformation because it aligns well with community psychology principles, practice, and research. In this talk, I briefly describe key principles of population health science that inform efforts at community transformation and how these align with community psychology. I then provide three research examples that illustrate how a population health perspective can guide implementation and evaluation of community transformation. These include: 1) a school district- and community-wide initiative to build a resilient, trauma-informed community to address the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs); 2) a neighborhood arts-based initiative to reduce the negative health impacts of neighborhood decay and disorder; and 3) a school-wide social norms initiative to prevent substance use and promote adoption of healthy lifestyles among youth. Each initiative also illustrates how the active participation of public stakeholders in community transformation can enhance implementation and impact. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR